An integrated pest management specialist is concerned about
the proliferation of soybean gall midge.
Bruce Potter with the University of Minnesota says 2018 was the first year the insect was identified in the state.
“Some of it had been blamed on disease earlier. But in Minnesota we’re fairly fortunate. The bigger problems tend to be concentrated in extreme southwest Minnesota. But to the south, western Iowa, eastern Nebraska as well as southeast South Dakota have been seeing more issues.”
He tells Brownfield soybean gall midge is difficult to manage, comparing it to corn borer.
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