Given the corn price outlook, this is not the year to ignore any “sometimes a problem” pest like corn stalk borer -- especially if you’ve encountered it in corn before. It has a tendency to persist in ...

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, ...

Sweet corn is one of the few crops for which insect pests drive most of the pest management program. A number of caterpillar pests attack sweet corn, infesting ears and rendering the ear and the whole ...

There are many kinds of corn ear rots that cause significant damage to corn. Altogether, 79 million bushels of corn were impacted by corn ear rot in 2024. 1 Not only will they reduce yields and grain ...

MINNEAPOLIS -- This corn turns out to be a good neighbor. Corn that's been genetically engineered to resist attacking borers produces a "halo effect" that provides huge benefits to other corn planted ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. — While European corn borer once caused substantial yield losses and economic damage for corn growers across the United States, the pest has not been a major cause of concern since Bt ...

Farmers in dozens of countries have embraced crops genetically engineered to produce proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) bacteria that kill some key pests yet are safe for people and wildlife.

An EPA proposal to gradually reduce the use of some Bt corn and cotton products in order to combat pest resistance is getting pushback from grower groups and has the crop protection industry concerned ...