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Give thought to where you cut back on Bt traits, pesticides
An Integrated Pest Management (IPM) specialist says farmers should be thorough in identifying where insects might populate before reducing certain inputs.
Bruce Potter with the University of Minnesota tells Brownfield growers can save money purchasing seed with fewer traits, but problems with pests happen on a field-scale.
“Just because ten fields in the county don’t have a corn borer problem doesn’t mean that your (fields) won’t either. So, that’s the caution I’ve got for growers: be cognizant, if you’re not using traits (or) insecticides, which fields you’re doing that in.”
He says a lot of inputs growers use aren’t always necessary, however.
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