Corn rootworm caused more than 342 million bushels of yield loss in 2024. That’s over 80 million bushels more than losses from all other invertebrate corn pests combined.¹ It’s a challenging pest to ...

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 ...

Isocycloseram will power five separate insecticide products for use in corn, cotton, vegetables, tree fruit, cereals and more.

Corn rootworm is rearing its tiny head in abundance in a growing number of corn fields in the Corn Belt, according to experts in the field. University of Minnesota Extension corn entomologist Fei Yang ...

Too much of a specific type of Bt corn — genetically modified to produce insecticides against corn rootworm — is being planted in places that don’t have a high risk of corn rootworms destroying corn ...

MSU researcher Felicia Wu finds a a variety of corn that can repel the pest is being overplanted in states like Michigan and Ohio. A new study from a Michigan State University researcher says one of ...

A study from the University of Kentucky Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment offers fresh insights into ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Researchers say they now know what allows some Western corn rootworms to survive crop rotation, a farming practice that once effectively managed the rootworm pests. The answer to the ...

An analysis of data covering 12 years and 10 U.S. Corn Belt states reveals that farmers suffer economic loss from the over-application of genetically engineered corn designed to combat rootworm pests.