Growers are considering or applying fungicides for scab suppression in early-flowering wheat. Cutworms are still being found in late-planted sunflower. Blister beetles have been found in lupin trials at the Carrington Center and reported in soybean in LaMoure County. Moth numbers are fluctuating between 13 to 51 moth per trap at different locations at the Center. Black light trap numbers indicate the decline of the bivoltine corn borer moths.
Adults are still active and females are still laying eggs on the late-planted sunflowers.
Traps located on last year's camelina ground did not have midge on them until the night of June 29-30, and when 7 midge were captured. Further scouting that night indicated 1 to 2 midge per 4 or 5 wheat heads. Thus, CREC has reached the wheat midge economic threshold for flowering wheat. Wheat development at the Center ranges from late boot to mid-flowering. The prediction model was excellent in predicting wheat midge emergence and has aided CREC in management-making decisions.