Wheat stem maggot was an issue in 2017 in some corn fields where a wheat or rye cover crop was terminated after planting.  Learn more about what happened in 2017 and steps to avoid it in 2018 during a webinar Wednesday, March 14. Justin McMechan, extension crop protection specialist, will discuss this issue and present information on other cover crop insects from noon to 1 p.m.

Also see:

Justin McMechan discusses this topic in The Good and Bad of Cover Crop Insects in this week's Nebraska Farmer and in Plan on Scouting Your Cover Crop Fields This Spring in a March 8 CropWatch article.

To join the webinar go to: https://unl.zoom.us/j/976118766

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Meeting ID: 976 118 766