8/2/24
8/2/24
Final Western Bean Cutworm moth counts are in! We hope this information has been helpful in making spraying decisions on your farm. Please let us know if you have any questions regarding our counts this season. Thanks!
7/29/24
Please use the following two links to learn more about Western Bean Cutworm and Southern Rust!
https://www.pioneer.com/us/agronomy/western_bean_cutworm_cropfocus.html
https://www.pioneer.com/us/agronomy/southern_rust_cropfocus.html
7/26/24
Western bean cutworm counts are in for week #3. It appears we are just past PEAK FLIGHT! If you have fields that are not protected by Leptra, please consider contacting a plane or drone to apply insecticide. We have been in several fields this season and have seen ALOT more egg masses then the moth counts suggest. Western bean cutworm can be a HUGE yield hit if left unchecked! Also, with the wet conditions this year, its a good opportunity to apply a fungicide to treat Northern Corn Leaf Blight, Gray Leaf Spot, as well as Southern Rust. All three have been confirmed in our area and the forecast suggests these diseases will do alot of damage to our crop. Please contact us if you have any questions on your options or if you need to check what products on your order are protected by Leptra! Thanks!
7/19/2024
Week 2 Western Bean Cutworm counts show moth populations are still increasing. This week is a great time to start scouting fields for egg masses. If you have Leptra, Tricepta, or Viptera traits in your corn you do not need to scout or spray for WBC. All other corn fields would benefit from scouting to determine if you should call a plane in next week! Please feel free to contact us if you need a second opinion on any of your fields that are not traited for WBC. We are glad to assist you!
7/12/2024
Week 1 counts are in for Western Bean Cutworm. From our field observations, it appears there will be strong pressure this growing season. We have found egg masses in several fields in the last few weeks but we are hoping these will not be viable at tassle. Next week’s moth count, and some additional scouting will give us a better idea of where we stand. Please let us know if you have any questions regarding WBC counts. We are glad to answer questions any time!
7/28/2023
Week four counts are in. As expected, peak flight occured sometime last week. Please let us know if you have any questions or concerns when scouting for WBC egg masses. We are glad to support our customers and help navigate their options when spraying Western Bean Cutworm!
7/22/2022
Week three of Western Bean Cutworm counts are in! As you can see from the chart below, we are two weeks past peak flight. For most fields, it will no longer be cost-effective to spray for WBC; however, for late-planted fields that are at, or near tassel, it may still be worthwhile. If you do not have hybrids with a trait to protect against WBC, and have not sprayed this season, please consult with your retailer on your options.
Please contact us any time if you have questions. Western Bean Cutworm can be extremely damaging to yields. This year was a bad one for WBC pressure and we want to make sure you are protected!
We don’t want to gross you out but would like to put things into perspective. Week three of moth collections in our local traps looked like this…
That is almost 3,000 moths in four traps – and peak flight (roughly 5000 month) was last week!
7/30/2021
Today is the final day of Western Bean Cutworm trapping in our area. The graph indicates that peak flight was roughly July 16th. We hope you found this information helpful in scouting and making decisions regarding insecticide application!
UNL WBCW Information
7/11/2019 – Check out this video by Bill McClure and Bekah Nortrup on Timing Fungicide Applications. It was filmed RIGHT HERE in Polk in the North Forty Seed Plot!
2/20/2019 – Check out our latest corn and soybean product sheets by clicking on the product menu!
11/19/2018 – FFA WHITE CORN PLOT HARVEST
Check out the High Plains Yield Hero Picture! Nice job to Tom Hofman and his students for growing some GREAT white corn!
9/24/2018 – FFA SOYBEAN PLOT HARVEST
Today we harvested the local FFA plot. Great results from Pioneer soybeans! Thanks to everyone involved!
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HPC FFA Plot 2018