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Southwestern Corn Borer Monitoring – Week Ending 8/9/2025

Southwestern Corn Borer Monitoring – Week Ending 8/9/2025 Updated

🕔11:52, 9.Aug 2025

Southwestern Corn Borer Trapping Program Week Ending August 9, 2025 County Traps Reporting Total Reported Avg/Trap Maximum/Trap Alcorn 3 0 0 0 Desoto 2 0 0 0 Lowndes 4 0 0 0 Madison 3 0 0 0 Marshall 3 0

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Southwestern Corn Borer Monitoring – Week ending 8/2/2025

Southwestern Corn Borer Monitoring – Week ending 8/2/2025 Updated

🕔10:25, 2.Aug 2025

Southwestern Corn Borer Trapping Program Week Ending August 2, 2025 County Traps Reporting Total Reported Avg/Trap Maximum/Trap Alcorn 3 0 0 0 Calhoun 1 0 0 0 Desoto 2 0 0 0 Grenada 4 0 0 0 Hinds 2 0

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Approved Section 18 for Intrepid 2F for Fall Armyworm in Rice

Approved Section 18 for Intrepid 2F for Fall Armyworm in Rice Updated

🕔10:06, 2.Aug 2025

In response to reports of fall armyworm infesting rice in Mississippi during early July. We requested a Section 18 use permit for Intrepid 2F in rice.  This was granted on August 1. Up to two applications may be made at

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Southwestern Corn Borer Monitoring – Week ending 7/26/2025

Southwestern Corn Borer Monitoring – Week ending 7/26/2025 Updated

🕔11:36, 26.Jul 2025

Eighty-three traps across 29 Mississippi counties detected very low southwestern corn borer activity. Only five counties reported the presence of moths, with Leflore reporting the highest count (8 moths in 9 traps). Since most of the state’s corn is approaching

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Southwestern Corn Borer Monitoring – Week ending 7/19/2025

Southwestern Corn Borer Monitoring – Week ending 7/19/2025 Updated

🕔14:12, 18.Jul 2025

Southwestern Corn Borer Trapping Program Week Ending July 19, 2025 County Traps Reporting Total Reported Avg/Trap Maximum/Trap Alcorn 3 0 0 0 Calhoun 1 0 0 0 Carroll 2 2 1 2 Coahoma 4 0 0 0 Copiah 3 0

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Bollworm Management in Soybeans and Cotton

Bollworm Management in Soybeans and Cotton Updated

🕔17:56, 15.Jul 2025

Bollworm Management in Soybeans Early July starts the onset of the bollworm flight into Mississippi row crops. At this point, bollworms have been observed in a some areas of the state in R2-R3 soybeans. Most of the larvae being found

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Southwestern Corn Borer Monitoring Program – Week Ending 7/12/2025

Southwestern Corn Borer Monitoring Program – Week Ending 7/12/2025 Updated

🕔08:52, 12.Jul 2025

Trapping results this week indicate very low southwestern corn borer activity across the state, with only a few isolated instances of minimal trap catches in Leflore, Madison, and Tallahatchie counties. These findings suggest that southwestern corn borer populations remain well

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Tarnished Plant Bug: Timing, Tools, and Tactics.

Tarnished Plant Bug: Timing, Tools, and Tactics. Updated

🕔07:58, 8.Jul 2025

As tarnished plant bug (TPB) populations continue increasing across Mississippi cotton acres, it’s important to revisit best management practices (BMPs) to protect yield and profitability. TPB continues to be the most economically significant insect pest in the region, and heavy

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Southwestern Corn Borer Monitoring – Week ending 7/5/2025

Southwestern Corn Borer Monitoring – Week ending 7/5/2025 Updated

🕔09:34, 5.Jul 2025

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Southwestern Corn Borer Monitoring – Week Ending 6/28/2025

Southwestern Corn Borer Monitoring – Week Ending 6/28/2025 Updated

🕔08:29, 28.Jun 2025

Southwestern corn borer trap counts continue to remain low across the state.

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Southwestern Corn Borer Monitoring Program – Week Ending 6/21/2025

Southwestern Corn Borer Monitoring Program – Week Ending 6/21/2025 Updated

🕔11:51, 21.Jun 2025

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Southwestern Corn Borer Monitoring Program – Week Ending 6/14/2025

Southwestern Corn Borer Monitoring Program – Week Ending 6/14/2025 Updated

🕔11:53, 14.Jun 2025

Trap deployment began this week, so minimal trap numbers are being reported. However, no corn borers were detected in the limited traps that were reported.

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Significance of Planting Date for Tarnished Plant Bug Management in Cotton

Significance of Planting Date for Tarnished Plant Bug Management in Cotton Updated

🕔09:22, 14.Mar 2025

With planting season right around the corner, it is important to discuss the role that planting dates play in cotton from an arthropod pest management standpoint. I am specifically referring to tarnished plant bugs, as they can be extremely destructive

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Southwestern Corn Borer Monitoring – Week Ending 8/17/2024

Southwestern Corn Borer Monitoring – Week Ending 8/17/2024 Updated

🕔07:58, 19.Aug 2024

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Southwestern Corn Borer Monitoring – Week ending 8/10/2024

Southwestern Corn Borer Monitoring – Week ending 8/10/2024 Updated

🕔11:40, 10.Aug 2024

We have seen our first large spike in Southwestern corn borer of the growing season in the central to northern portion of the state. Fortunately, timely planted corn should be nearing a stage where borers are not much of a

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Southwestern Corn Borer Monitoring – Week Ending August 3, 2024

Southwestern Corn Borer Monitoring – Week Ending August 3, 2024 Updated

🕔16:45, 5.Aug 2024

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Southwestern Corn Borer Monitoring – Week ending 7/27/2024

Southwestern Corn Borer Monitoring – Week ending 7/27/2024 Updated

🕔22:22, 26.Jul 2024

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Southwestern Corn Borer Monitoring – Week ending 7/13/2024

Southwestern Corn Borer Monitoring – Week ending 7/13/2024 Updated

🕔07:27, 13.Jul 2024

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Southwestern Corn Borer Monitoring – Week ending July 6, 2024

Southwestern Corn Borer Monitoring – Week ending July 6, 2024 Updated

🕔09:32, 6.Jul 2024

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Southwestern Corn Borer Monitoring – Week Ending 6/29/2024

Southwestern Corn Borer Monitoring – Week Ending 6/29/2024 Updated

🕔09:37, 29.Jun 2024

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Southwestern Corn Borer Monitoring – Week Ending 6/21/2024

Southwestern Corn Borer Monitoring – Week Ending 6/21/2024 Updated

🕔23:32, 21.Jun 2024

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Southwestern Corn Borer Monitoring – Week Ending 6/15/2024

Southwestern Corn Borer Monitoring – Week Ending 6/15/2024 Updated

🕔09:43, 15.Jun 2024

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Southwestern Corn Borer Trapping – Week ending 6/6/24

Southwestern Corn Borer Trapping – Week ending 6/6/24 Updated

🕔09:03, 8.Jun 2024

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Southwestern Corn Borer Trapping Program – Week Ending 5/31/2024

Southwestern Corn Borer Trapping Program – Week Ending 5/31/2024 Updated

🕔12:10, 1.Jun 2024

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Southwestern Corn Borer Monitoring – Week Ending 5/25/2024

Southwestern Corn Borer Monitoring – Week Ending 5/25/2024 Updated

🕔21:49, 27.May 2024

With corn acres rapidly approaching tassel, southwestern corn borer traps are beginning to be deployed across the state. Limited data is available for this week but will become more abundant as the season progresses. 

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