An agronomist says farmers should be scouting for black cutworms as crops start to emerge.

Ryan Gentle, Illinois agronomy manager with Wyffels Hybrids, tells Brownfield…

“There have been some significant flights here in the past few weeks with all these storms, a lot of these insects kind of move up with the storms.”  He says, “We’re seeing some potential cutting dates, you know, Memorial Day based on the moth flights.”

He says the pests can cause significant damage.

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