Pest Patrol Alert Hotline

Greetings all,

We are again pleased to announce that we are partnering with Syngenta to bring you the Pest Patrol Hotline https://www.syngenta-us.com/pest-patrol.  In addition to our weekly High Plains IPM Podcast, weekly newsletter, and as needed blog releases, the Pest Patrol Alert Hotline has been a staple for our rapid alerts of wide-spread pest issues in the High Plains Region of Texas. 

Syngenta partners with select entomologists and IPM specialists from different regions across the United States to compile the Pest Patrol Alert System.  We are a proud participant in that select group of professionals.  This hotline might just be the best way to receive fast up-to-date local pest info outside of a direct phone call from an IPM specialist standing in your field!

In our weekly newsletters, podcasts, and blogs we discuss general status on agronomic and pest issues for the week and what we might be expecting around the corner and I urge you to sign up for those larger picture subjects.  However, when we have pest issues that I am making treatments in multiple fields for which I believe are area-wide, I make use of the Syngenta Pest Patrol Hotline to get a short word out quickly.  Once I find a pest issue and right after I make the solution recommendation to the producer, I record the Pest Patrol Hotline alert and send it to Syngenta’s Pest Patrol Center.  If you are signed up with the Hotline to receive alerts from me, you will receive a text message the same day it is recorded and a link where you can listen to my 1-1.5 minute alert about the offending pest and some control options. 

There is no cost to sign up for the Pest Patrol Hotline Alerts and you can sign up for as many participating IPM specialists covering as many regions as you like at Syngenta’s site.  Pest issues vary from season to season, but I generally make 2-4 Hotline Alerts each year, so you are not bombarded with text alerts.  I know other participating specialists make weekly updates and it is good to note what is happening in other areas of the Nation.  I prefer to keep the Hotline for true, widespread alerts, so you know something needing attention is probably lurking in the field when time is of the essence. 

If this type of pest alert system interests you, please sign up for Syngenta’s Pest Patrol Hotline Alert system at: https://www.syngenta-us.com/pest-patrol

 

Blayne Reed, EA-IPM Hale & Swisher