Many Iowa farmers are saying 2021 has been the worst year for corn rootworm pressure in a long time.
Lance Lillibridge of Vinton in eastern Iowa says strong winds and heavy rootworm infestations are to blame for some downed corn late in the growing season.
“Rootworm pressure is really bad across the whole state, so really be watching those fields that have that pressure.”
Lillibridge currently serves as president of the Iowa Corn Growers Association and tells Brownfield prior to this year, corn rootworm had not been an issue on his farm for quite a while.
