The combination of a mild winter and spring windstorms coupled with farmers’ cultural practices are creating the potential for increased insect pressure in corn this season. Though no alarms are ...

The corn earworm and the tomato fruitworm are the same insect, just feeding on two different crops. If you plant tomatoes ...

Small insects that damage corn crops are being reported in Oklahoma and Missouri fields for the first time this year. Corn leafhoppers are small, tan torpedo-shaped bugs about one-eighth of an inch ...

Farmers across southwest Missouri are confronting an early surge of insects and crop diseases that experts say could threaten ...

Learn more about the economic thresholds for insects in corn and soybeans. Plus, when should you scout for each insect?

Seedcorn maggots cost millions in lost yield. Learn how proactive management can protect crops during early growth stages.

A University of Missouri crop entomologist shares what pests to keep an eye out for in the 2026 growing season.

As corn begins to emerge, be alert to the potential damage that may be caused by early season insects. Most early season insect damage would be caused by cutworms, wireworms or white grubs. Wireworms ...

LOS ANGELES — Planting genetically modified, pest-resistant corn can provide a halo effect — offering protection from insects to nearby corn plants that have not been engineered to kill bugs, ...

Farmers are stuck. Western corn rootworm can destroy cornfields - and profits - but populations of the "billion-dollar bug" have stopped responding to insecticides and the genetically modified corn ...

Corn leafhoppers are small insects that can damage corn crops. The bugs appeared farther north this year in Missouri and Oklahoma. A small insect carrying pathogens that can lead to corn stunt was ...