To Treat or Not to Treat – When is Insecticide the Right Choice?

To Treat or Not to Treat – When is Insecticide the Right Choice?

Insecticide seed treatments are not always economical in Mid-Atlantic grain production. Insecticide seed treatments are not always economical in Mid-Atlantic grain production.[/box] Neonicotinoid insecticide seed treatments (NSTs) are widely used in grain production....
Don’t Get Caught with Your Plants Down!

Don’t Get Caught with Your Plants Down!

Did your field look like this? If so, your field may have been infested with Dectes stem borers.   The Dectes stem borer adult is a long horned beetle, approximately 3/8-1/2” in length, grey, with long antennae that are banded black and grey. Adult beetles begin...
Creating a happier, healthier and more productive work force with the WPS

Creating a happier, healthier and more productive work force with the WPS

In 2015, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) revised certain requirements in the Worker Protection Standard (WPS) regulation that became enforceable in 2017 and 2018. The revised WPS regulation came about as an attempt to better protect workers and handlers from...