A crop farmer in Michigan’s Thumb says insect pressure is mounting from persistent dry conditions.
Mark Reif grows corn, soybeans, dry beans, wheat and pickles near Saginaw. “If it stays like it is, it’s going to be a challenge getting the right insecticides that are actually going to work on the bugs, the spider mites and thrips that have been showing up.”
Reif says wheat harvest finished up quickly with the dry weather about a week and a half ago.
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