Thursday, January 15, 2026

insecticide

Status of southern corn billbug in North Carolina Blacklands

• By Dominic Reisig • Southern corn billbug is a historical pest of corn in the southeastern United States, and in North Carolina, was a persistent pest throughout the Coastal Plain. Nearly 100 years ago (1917), a biologist named Z.P....

Scout Before Spraying For Stink Bugs

• By Dominic Reisig • Corn is susceptible to damage at three stages (roughly): V1 to V6, V14 to VT, and R1 to R4. Note that corn cannot be damaged by stink bugs from V7 until the primary and secondary...

EPA Cancels 12 Neonicotinoids

Effective May 20, the Environmental Protection Agency has cancelled registrations of 12 neonicotinoid insecticides based on voluntary requests from product registrants, according to a May 20 Federal Register notice. Under a December 2018 settlement agreement linked to an Endangered Species Act...

Are There Bifenthrin Alternatives For Brown Stink Bugs In Corn?

• By Angus Catchot • Brown stink bugs have been treated on a fair number of acres of corn in the Mississippi Delta this year. With the loss of methyl parathion, there are not a lot of good choices to control...

New Products

New Insecticide/Fungicide From FMC FMC Corporation introduces Ethos 3D insecticide/fungicide, formulated specifically for the novel 3RIVE 3D in-furrow application system that converts traditional high-volume applications to low-volume applications through patented technologies. Ethos 3D insecticide/fungicide provides full spectrum seedling insect and disease...

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