insects
Syngenta expands program
Syngenta is expanding its Pest Patrol program by offering agronomic updates on insect threats from February through December. Previously the program ... READ MORE »
Skyraider receives EPA approval
MANA's Skyraider, an insecticide/miticide, has received approval by the EPA for broad-spectrum control against soil and foliar insects. Skyraider p... READ MORE »
PCN detected in two new Idaho fields
Two more fields were positively confirmed as infested with pale cyst nematodes (PCN) in Bonneville County, Idaho on Jan. 2, according to Tina Gresham... READ MORE »
Bayer sponsors social media workshop at POTATO EXPO
Trying to improve your social media skills? Bayer CropScience is sponsoring a free workshop for all POTATO EXPO attendees on Wednesday, Jan. 9, from... READ MORE »
BASF awards two scholarships
BASF and the National Agricultural Aviation Association (NAAA) awarded scholarships to budding pilots with plans to study aerial application. Justin ... READ MORE »
BASF completes acquisition
BASF has completed its $1.02 billion purchase of Becker Underwood from Norwest Equity Partners. With this acquisition BASF adds biological seed treat... READ MORE »
Bayer announces GRAD recipient
Bayer CropScience announces that Auburn University graduate student Mark Durham is the 2012 recipient of its Graduate Recruiting and Development (GRA... READ MORE »
Psyllids test positive for Liberibacter in Idaho
Adult psyllids collected on June 19 from a commercial potato field in Twin Falls County have tested positive for Liberibacter, the bacterium that cau... READ MORE »
Psyllids found in Columbia Basin potato fields
Two potato psyllids have been found in commercial potato fields in the lower Columbia Basin, according to a report by Silvia Rondon, Oregon State Uni... READ MORE »
Processors advise against using new fungicide
The J.R. Simplot Company and ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston have issued advisories to their contract potato growers in the Columbia Basin and Idaho not to ... READ MORE »
