The time to plan for insect pressure is now

Corn and soybean farmers are encouraged to start planning for mid and late season insect pressure now.

Ruhiyyih Dyrdahl-Young with BASF says a lesson reinforced by the pandemic is plans are often necessary.

“If we get (to) midseason, and we notice that pests have shown up, we’re kind of already behind the gun. So one of the things I think is really essential as I think about the season is sort of like looking down the horizon for the growing season later on in the year.”

She manages foliar fungicides and insecticides for BASF and suggests there are similar timelines for both crop protection tools.

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