The European corn borer attacks field and sweet corn, costing American farmers about $1 billion annually in damage and control expenses. The pest first arrived in the United States in the 1920s.

The European corn borer has been stalking crop fields in the top two producing states, Iowa and Illinois. Large infestations can drop corn yields […] Skip to content. All Sections.

THE European born borer (Pyrausta nubilalis) was first found in the United States in 1917, among sweet corn near Boston, Mass., where it was infesting an area of at least 100 square miles. It was ...

THE European corn borer was first found in Ontario in 19201 and, until recently, was primarily a single-generation species, producing one larval brood each summer and overwintering in diapause in ...

The European corn borer attacks field and sweet corn, costing American farmers about $1 billion annually in damage and control expenses. The pest first arrived in the United States in the 1920s.

In 2021, European corn borer alone was responsible for the losses of approximately 338,000 bushels of corn in the U.S., according to the University of Minnesota. ADVERTISEMENT.

Given the corn price outlook, this is not the year to ignore any “sometimes a problem” pest like corn stalk borer -- especially if you’ve encountered it in corn before. It has a tendency to ...

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Aventis officials said that StarLink corn, approved by the EPA in 1998 for animal feed, is planted on about 325,000 acres of the 73 million that grow corn nationally.

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