A new study suggests broad systemic problems play a significant role in disincentivizing corn growers from planting the ...

THE combined impact of Fall Armyworm (FAW) and locust infestations is expected to reduce corn yields and drive up food prices ...

Aaron Gassmann is an entomologist at Iowa State University. He explains that genetically modified corn in Iowa is losing its pest resistance. This is the first instance that the western corn root worm ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — An insect that attacks maturing corn could make life more difficult for Eastern Corn Belt farmers in the years to come. The western bean cutworm (WBC) has migrated into Indiana ...

Volunteer corn is more than just another problem weed that escaped farmers’ herbicide programs in soybeans this season. While that’s problem enough, volunteer corn can harbor a CRW population.

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 ...

BROWNSVILLE, Texas (Border Report) — Agriculture specialists with U.S. Customs and Border Protection detected in a shipment of corn from Mexico a rare insect that can damage U.S. crops. Officers say ...

One of the nation's most widely planted crops - a genetically engineered corn plant that makes its own insecticide - may be losing its effectiveness because a major pest appears to be developing ...

As summer moves along, the season is running according to plan for many Arkansas crops—including annual pest issues. Extension specialists and county agents across Arkansas are seeing an increase in ...

What’s crawling around your corn fields? If you haven’t ventured out between the cornstalks lately, several pests could be feeding on your precious corn without your knowing it. Bob Wright, extension ...