Increased corn rootworm (CRW) pressure is projected to persist in corn crops throughout the Central and Northwest Midwest in 2021. But according to Wyffels Hybrids, growers can take steps to predict ...

Another threat for Nebraska crops has been spotted in the southeastern and south central part of the state. Experts with Nebraska Extension say Western Corn Rootworm Beetles have begun emerging in ...

Corn rootworm is rearing its tiny head in abundance in a growing number of corn fields in the Corn Belt, according to experts in the field. University of Minnesota Extension corn entomologist Fei Yang ...

Farmers in parts of the Midwest face a high potential for significant corn rootworm pressure in their fields this season. That’s according to work conducted by the Corn Rootworm IPM Regional Working ...

DOWNERS GROVE, Ill., Feb. 25, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Corn rootworm (CRW) is one of the most destructive corn pests in the United States and costs growers more than $1 billion annually in reduced grain ...

This is bad news for some farmers in the Eastern Corn Belt, who use crop rotations between soybeans and corn to control the pest. Because the new variant thrives in soybean fields, it increases the ...

Farmers’ most powerful weapons in the battle against the potentially devastating Western corn rootworm are being threatened as the insect evolves to eat corn plants engineered to produce its own ...

"A producer's best bet is to monitor for the beetle using traps," said John Obermeyer, a Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service entomology specialist. "That tool will let them know whether ...

The results from a couple of field surveys that were conducted recently across the area have been released. We've been surveying for two insect pests for a number of years to give producers an idea of ...

In Kansas, the western corn rootworm, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), is one of the most economically important pests of corn. Crop losses and control costs ...

Corn rootworms, pests responsible for billions of dollars in yearly crop losses, are evolving resistance that weakens even the latest biotechnology controls, according to a new study published in the ...