In an agreement with the EPA and USDA, Aventis has also agreed to buy back all of the grain produced this year from StarLink Bt corn. They hope that this will help to instill confidence in the safety of the American food supply. StarLink growers should contact their seed suppliers for details. With low grain prices, producers are looking for more efficient and less expensive practices to reduce overhead costs of production. One inexpensive practice is crop rotation.
Crop rotation can be a valuable tool to manage certain insect pests in field and vegetable crops.
This winter, corn growers who have enough land should plan on how to rotate corn with other crops. Most field and vegetable farmers are well aware of the benefits of rotation with disease management. But many may not be aware of the benefits of rotation on certain insect species. Rotation is particularly effective against some soil species that overwinter in immature stages. These individuals lack the ability to move to new fields.