A field crop entomologist says farmers need to continue scouting fields for fall armyworm during harvest.
The University of Missouri’s Kevin Rice tells Brownfield harvesting infested fields first isn’t a bad idea.
“Harvesting early is a great way to get rid of the problem, and that will kill a lot of them,” he said.
Rice said sustained sub-50-degree temperatures will also kill the pest. He said it’s hard to predict the spread of fall army worm because they can ‘march’ from one field to another or…
“…migrate using jet streams,” he said.
