If you see a lot of skips you may want to look closer for cutworms. Information provided by Amalgamated Sugar Company. There has been a report of cutworms infesting a sugarbeet field on the Oregon Slope. Nampa Cereal Leaf Beetle adults are beginning to emerge in the Kuna and Nampa areas. Females will soon be laying eggs and shortly thereafter larvae hatching and feeding will occur.
Host plants are cereal crops and grasses.
Problems will probably be noticed in winter cereals first and then spring cereals. Information provided by Producers Supply Coop. Spring barley and oats are the prefered hosts for adult CLB infestations. Adult feeding and egg laying are particularly evident in spring barley and oat fields south of Adrian, OR along Hwy 201 near the stateline. Growers are advised to monitor larval hatch in spring planted grains and take appropriate management steps if larval feeding damage exceeds economic thresholds.