All the presentations will take place in the 500-seat amphitheater at Frostfire Mountain. It's that time of year for wheat midge emergence to get underway in southern ND counties. We have reached 1200 DD in Richland, Sargent, Ransom, Dickey, LaMoure, and Cass counties. These counties have not had significant numbers of midge found during fall surveys. Since a large number of fields will be heading soon, some evening scouting would be recommended to assess adult populations in the region.
Surveys indicate populations of aphids are still low.
The recent rains and abundant predators are going to help delay aphid population increases. Grain growers and consultants in South Dakota are reporting larger populations of aphidsthis week. Their wheat is a little farther along than ours and fully headed fields are present in that area.