Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. mirceax / Getty Images Ask any vegetable gardener about beans and pull up a chair. Some grow lima beans, dry beans or wax beans ...

This article was originally published in 2017. Farmers aren’t the only ones who like early-planted soybeans. Bugs like them, too. The relatively mild winter much of the Midwest just experienced could ...

Bean leaf beetle is among the top five most-damaging invertebrate soybean pests, costing growers nearly 3.1 million bushels in 2023.¹ This pest is especially damaging early in the season and can cause ...

Bean leaf beetles have been a common pest found in south central and southwestern Minnesota. This year the beetle was also found in southeastern Minnesota, but at lower densities. The bean leaf beetle ...

It is important to keep a watchful eye out for the two-spotted spider mite, especially as we head into some very hot and dry weather in the near term. Because we are well ahead of schedule this spring ...

Most central Minnesota crops have fared well this spring. Producers were able to complete small grain plantings early, but some fields are showing signs of stress due to cool temperatures. Winter ...

A few fields of early planted soybeans have emerged; be watchful for early season feeding of bean leaf beetles. The beetles overwinter as adults and will migrate to those first few emerging bean ...

Bean leaf beetle emergence is approaching, and it’s important to start thinking about this pest. Once soybean begin emerging, the overwintering population of bean leaf beetle adults will move into ...

This is a bean leaf beetle (<i>Cerotoma trifurcata</i>), one of many insects that are controlled by using neonicotinoid-treated soybean seeds. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for ...