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Soybean Stem Borer: An Unnoticed Bug That May Cause Problems during Harvest and Reduce Yields in Soybeans

On September 8, during a visit to a commercial soybean farm in McLean County, we found plants with tunnels in their stems caused by the Dectes stem borer. Dectes tunnels were found on 40% of border plants and 55% of inner plants (greater than 250 feet from the field edge).

SoybeanJennifer ElwellSeptember 19, 2017soybeanproblems

Kudzu Bug Found in the Land Between the Lakes for First Time

On July 1, 2017, Susan Fox, Lyon County Extension agent, found a kudzu bug (Megacopta cribaria) while walking on a bike trail in the Lyon County section of The Land Between The Lakes. Later, on July 5th, more specimens were found in a site near the city of Eddyville in the same county.

SoybeanJennifer ElwellJuly 12, 2017soybeanproblems

Replanted and Double Crop Soybeans Can Be Affected by Mollusk Outbreaks in Kentucky in 2017

“I haven’t seen a slug outbreak like this in 40 years of growing soybeans” was a comment of a soybean farmer in Logan County last Friday (June 9, 2017). He will replant 300 to 600 acres of soybeans.