Pest Damage

Our interns here at Panhandle have been doing a lot of scouting the last couple of weeks. North of Scottsbluff they have been detecting significant amount of grasshopper damage to the corn. While looking over the corn, they found that the leaves are getting ripped up and it has even caused some of the corn to fall over. Take a look at your fields or contact your Agronomist to look them over. We are getting some good heat units into the crop and we can't afford a delay in the growth cycle of the crop. A good portion of your inputs are in place now so don't allow other pests such as weeds or insects disrupt the potential of a high producing crop, especially with this week's crop report that has caused an up swing with the commodity prices. It is always a good time to take a look at your crop and evaluate how we can make things better whether it is fertility, pests that cause a yield decrease, or the plants health due to potential or existing disease. All of these possible issues need to be monitored.