Here should be the link to the first corn leafhopper update for the 2026 year: https://on.soundcloud.com/OjZVaR5ihNOUProADb
Numbers in Mexico are starting high.
To sign up for these alerts as well as the cotton jassid updates or any of the weekly IPM updates directly:
Check out our latest Texas cotton pest publication, the updated Wireworm Management in Cotton: Https://lubbock.tamu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2025/12/2025-wireworm-fact-sheet_small-size.pdf
If you are not signed up for our in-season weekly Texas High Plains IPM Updates, or any of the other regions across Texas, here is the QR code to sign up. You will get text updates about pest and crop status weekly from the IPM Team along with scouting tips and potential solution recommendations. Texas IPM will also continue the Corn Leafhopper updates for 2026 and will be starting a new update for the invasive Cotton Jassid. For updates on these specific new pests, text to 833-717-0325 corn for the corn leafhopper and cotton for the jassid updates.
If you have an I-phone, you may want to add these to your contact list to ensure text message delivery of the information.
We have another new pest to watch for next year. we need to take this one seriously too. The Cotton Jassid:
As the season starts to wind down, we still need eyes in the field and grower participation. Here the link to this week’s update: https://on.soundcloud.com/FxZWsFKTowhwhs0XYy
