After three years of weed contests, Successful Farming, AGCO, Mycogen Seeds, and Terra Industries, Inc. have joined forces to challenge you with the Itty Bitty Bug Contest. Insect scouting can be even more challenging than scouting for weeds. Weeds don't move like bugs, and you don't have to dissect your crop when you're looking for weeds.
Insects change dramatically from one stage of their life cycle to the next.
The insects we've selected for the contest are found on a variety of field crops. Use the card found between pages 36 and 37 for your entry. The official rules can be found on the opposite page. We'll publish the answers and a list of the winners in our August 1997 issue. Special thanks to Marlin Rice at Iowa State University for his technical assistance with the contest and for providing the insect photos used.