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Bynum leaves agriculture pest management behind; retires after more than 40 years
Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu Contacts: Dr. Ed Bynum, 806-677-5600, ebynum@ag.tamu.edu Dr. Ed Bynum, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service entomologist, speaks at a forage sorghum field day.
Annual Wheatheart Wheat Field Day set May 21 in Perryton
Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu Contact: Scott Strawn, 806-435-4501, sstrawn@ad.tamu.edu PERRYTON – The annual Wheatheart Wheat Field Day, hosted by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service offices in Ochiltree, Lipscomb and Hansford counties, will be May 21. There will be no charge. Interested producers will need to gather at 10:30 a.m. at the Noon Vela farm 4 miles west of state Highway 70 and 1 mile north of Farm-to-Market Road 759 on County Road 11.
Advice From Ed Bynum On Battling Bugs
Advice From Ed Bynum On Battling Bugs Dr. Ed Bynum Entomologist Texas A&M AgriLife Dr. Ed Bynum is the area entomologist for Texas A&M AgriLife:
Northeast Panhandle Cotton Conference set April 2 in Perryton
The Northeast Panhandle Cotton Conference will be hosted by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service April 2 at the Ochiltree County Expo Building, 402 Expo Drive, Perryton. Registration will begin at 8:30 a.m., followed by the program from 9 a.m. 2 p.m., which will include an auxin training after lunch. The fee is $10 for the day, and lunch will be provided.
Cotton bollworms building resistance to Bt traits
Ed Bynum, Texas AgriLife Extension entomologist, cautions cotton growers in regions with large corn acreage to be on the lookout for bollworms building resistance to the Bt traits found in genetically engineered corn and cottons. Scientists have found that the cotton bollworm, which is also known as the corn earworm to corn growers, has developed resistance to the first generation Bt trait, Cry1A, that’s been added to corn and cotton.
Northeast Panhandle Cotton Conference set April 2 in Perryton
Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu Contact: Scott Strawn, 806-435-4501, sstrawn@ag.tamu.edu PERRYTON – The Northeast Panhandle Cotton Conference will be hosted by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service April 2 at the Ochiltree County Expo Building, 402 Expo Drive, Perryton. Registration will begin at 8:30 a.m., followed by the program from 9 a.m.-2 p.m., which will include an auxin training after lunch. The fee is $10 for the day, and lunch will be provided.
Forage sorghum silage viable option with sugarcane aphid control
Forage sorghum silage in the Texas High Plains is a viable option with sugarcane aphid control, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service study. Texas High Plains feedlots and dairies demand large quantities of quality silages. While corn is the predominant silage crop, declining well capacities and pumping restrictions are prompting interest in forage sorghum silage, AgriLife Extension said in an announcement.
Study: Forage sorghum silage a viable option with sugarcane aphid control
Forage sorghum silage in the Texas High Plains is a viable option with sugarcane aphid control, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service study. Texas High Plains feedlots and dairies demand large quantities of quality silages. While corn is the predominant silage crop, declining well capacities and pumping restrictions are prompting interest in forage sorghum silage.
AgriLife Extension provides information on biopesticides
By Kay Ledbetter Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service AMARILLO — Producers may have additional biological pesticides to add to their arsenal of control methods for pests such as corn earworm and cotton bollworm, said a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service entomologist in Amarillo.
AgriLife Extension provides information on biopesticides
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AgriLife Extension provides information on biopesticides
Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, skledbetter@ag.tamu.eduContact: Dr. Ed Bynum, 806-677-5600, ebynum@ag.tamu.edu AMARILLO – Producers may have additional biological pesticides to add to their arsenal of control methods for pests such as corn earworm and cotton bollworm, said a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service entomologist in Amarillo.
Texas: Insecticidal Virus Products - What Are the Latest Facts?
The arsenal of insecticides and acaricides that we have to select from for controlling arthropod pests is extremely important. Our arsenal may be limited due to cost of the product, which pesticide class will be effective, pests developing resistance, and the impact of a pesticide on beneficial populations or possible flaring of other pests. Therefore, we are always looking for new pesticides to add to our arsenal.
Texas Panhandle: Bt Corn - What’s Up With All the Corn Earworms?
There are large numbers of corn earworm larvae in Bt corn ears in the Texas Panhandle, and some people are spraying in an attempt to control them. Corn earworm is usually an ear tip feeder, and on its own is seldom an economic pest of corn. However, this year we are seeing earworms doing more than just tip damage, and feeding lower in the ear. The reason(s) for this change in behavior are unknown.
Sugarcane aphid populations popping up in High Plains sorghum fields
“We’ve had reports in the past few days that sugarcane aphids have been found from Tom Green County up to Castro, Lubbock, Lamb, Hale, Gray and Carson counties,” Bynum said.“To this point, they have been at non-treatable levels, but as we know, it does not take long for these populations to multiply into treatable levels,” he said.
Sugarcane aphid populations popping up in High Plains sorghum fields
Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu Contact: Dr. Ed Bynum, 806-677-5600, ebynum@ag.tamu.eduAMARILLO – Like the popup showers that have dotted the state, the sugarcane aphid is starting to show up all over the South Plains and Panhandle, said Dr. Ed Bynum, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service entomologist in Amarillo.Sugarcane aphid populations have been found in the South Plains and High Plains.
Chemigation control of sugarcane aphids a viable option
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Chemigation control of sugarcane aphids a viable option
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Chemigation control of sugarcane aphids a viable option
Producers might hear a term from the past when they begin looking for solutions to treat the sugarcane aphid in sorghum, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service specialist.“We are revisiting chemigation for insect pest management,” said Ed Bynum, AgriLife Extension entomologist in Amarillo, while speaking at the High Plains Irrigation Conference in Amarillo recently.Chemigation is the injection of any chemical such as nitrogen, phosphorus or a pesticide into irrigation water and...
Chemigation control of sugarcane aphids a viable option
Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, skledbetter@ag.tamu.eduContact: Dr. Ed Bynum, 806-677-5600, ebynum@ag.tamu.eduAMARILLO – Producers might hear a term from the past when they begin looking for solutions to treat the sugarcane aphid in sorghum, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service specialist.Chemigation can help sorghum producers treat for sugarcane aphids with the use of splash plates on each drop nozzle.
Four Texas Panhandle Crop Production Clinics set Jan. 8-12
Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-683-2736, skledbetter@ag.tamu.eduAMARILLO – Four Texas Panhandle Crop Production Clinics will be presented Jan. 8-12 by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, DuPont Pioneer and North Plains Groundwater Conservation District.The meetings will be free and include a meal. Each will start at 9:30 a.m. with registration.
Grasshoppers, thrips threaten Panhandle crops
AMARILLO – Two insects threatening Texas Panhandle crops may require treatment, but definitely need to be monitored in young cotton, corn and sorghum crops, said a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service specialist.Grasshoppers will soon threaten young cotton, corn and sorghum crops in the High Plains.Dr. Ed Bynum, AgriLife Extension entomologist in Amarillo, said early stages of grasshoppers are emerging in the northwestern area of the Panhandle, and thrips are showing up on young cotton.
High Plains sorghum outlook outlined by AgriLife Extension specialists
Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-56-8, skledbetter@ag.tamu.eduContacts: Dr. Ed Bynum, 806-677-5600, EBynum@ag.tamu.eduDr. Jourdan Bell, 806-677-5600, Jourdan.bell@ag.tamu.eduDeDe Jones, 806-677-5600, dljones@ag.tamu.eduAMARILLO – Producers may be concerned about planting sorghum this season, but several Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service specialists said there are ways to prepare for upcoming issues and be profitable.Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service specialists are advising producers to...
Planting sorghums early might help reduce sugarcane aphid damages - The Eagle: Agrilifetoday
AMARILLO – Every year is a learning year right now for Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service entomologists and anyone else dealing with the sugarcane aphid, both on grain sorghum and forage sorghum in the Texas High Plains. “We have a lot more information about grain sorghum than we do on the forage sorghum,” said Dr. Ed Bynum, AgriLife Extension entomologist at Amarillo.
Sugarcane aphids have arrived in the High Plains - The Eagle: Agrilifetoday
AMARILLO – Sugarcane aphid populations are exploding in grain sorghum fields across the Texas High Plains, warns a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service specialist in Amarillo. Dr. Ed Bynum, AgriLife Extension entomologist, said the sugarcane aphid populations in the South Plains have reached economic thresholds. Infestations in the field can be just a few aphids per plant to a thousand or more aphids per plant. Infestations were found Aug.
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