⋅ BY DOMINIC REISIG ⋅
NC State Extension
Bt corn has been genetically modified to make insecticidal proteins that protect plants from caterpillars and some root-feeding beetles. In our region, growers pay an average of around $35 more for a bag...
• By Daniela Pezzini •
Bt corn has been genetically modified to make insecticidal proteins that protect plants from caterpillars and some root feeding beetles. In our region, growers pay an average of around $35 more for a bag of...
Texas A&M University Extension agronomist Calvin Trostle reports that Corteva insecticide Prevathon, formerly from DuPont, is now a product of FMC under the name Vantacor. He says instructions for crops and pests are mostly the same; however, the percentage...
• By Dominic Reisig •
All growers who plant Bt corn in North Carolina are required by law to plant non-Bt corn (refuge). Details are specified on the bag tag, but non-Bt corn must represent at least 20% of the...
• By Pat Porter •
My recent post discussed the proposal by Environmental Protection Agency to drastically change the resistance management regulations around Bt corn and cotton. You can submit a comment here before Nov. 9. The proposal is hard...
• By Pat Porter •
This week, the Environmental Protection Agency released a draft plan that essentially overhauls many of the regulations around insect resistance management in Bt crops grown in the Cotton Belt.
There are many major changes proposed, one...
