High Plains IPM Update August 12, 2026

 

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Here is this week’s High Plains IPM Update.  Hot & dry week feeding mites in corn, CLH High Plains populations and describing at risk fields, and sorghum pests spotty. 

August 7, 2026 Plains Pest Management Newsletter

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Here is this week’s Plains Pest Management Newsletter.  Still desperately hot and dry with pests being problematic on the lusher fields again. 

August 5, 2026 High Plains IPM Update and a Cotton Jassid Update

 

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Here is this week’s High Plains IPM Update and a Cotton Jassid Update.

Drought conditions on the High Plains and it shows.  Pests trying to focus on ‘greener fields.’  Cotton Jassid found in Texas, but not the High Plains yet.