Many growers across the Corn Belt are seeing increased corn rootworm pressure this year.

Adam Theis is the Pioneer corn marketing lead at Corteva Agriscience

“We are seeing a year across the Corn Belt where there is elevated corn rootworm pressure in many geographies and that goes back to what we saw in 2020 which for many geographies was also a higher (corn rootworm) pressure year followed by a mild winter and dry spring that allowed corn rootworm to overwinter and survive for the 2021 growing season,” he says.

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