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Agronomist urges growers to scout soybeans for Japanese beetles and diseases

Japanese beetles are emerging in many parts of the Midwest and Channel Seed Technical Agronomist Whitney Monin says growers should scout soybean fields for the pest.

“Japanese beetles are out in the field right now really doing a lot of defoliation and damage,” she says. “So, something I would really think about if I was a producer and at that time I’m going across the top making those foliar fungicide applications that I would want some insecticide protection as well.”

She says famers should also be on the lookout for diseases during this stretch of hot and humid conditions.

“That’s really setting us up for seeing our disease pressure start to pick up this week and next,” she says. “I would really tell producers to be out scouting the fields, making those fungicide determinations, and being on the lookout for disease.”

Monin covers southern Indiana and Kentucky for Channel Seed.