2013 LOGAN COUNTY FARM OUTLOOK MAGAZINE LINCOLN DAILY NEWS.com October 25, 2013 Page 39
Pest management practices in corn
Percent of acres utilizing practices
1997 2000
Prevention practices
Tillage/etc. to manage pests
39% 53%
Remove or plow down crop residue
17% 25%
Clean implements after fieldwork
33% 48%
Water management practices
10% 19%
Avoidance practices
Seed varieties with Bt genes
Biotech varieties with insect resistance only
5%
19%
Adjust planting/harvesting dates
8% 17%
Rotate crops to control pests
71% 82%
Biotech varieties with pathogen/nematode resistance only
**
Alternate planting locations
26%
Grow trap crop to control insects
5%
Monitoring practices
Scouted for pests
49% 59%
Records kept to track pests
20% 28%
Field mapping of weed problems
16% 32%
Soil analysis to detect pests
10% 22%
Pheromones to monitor pests
1% 4%
Weather monitoring
31%
Suppression practices
Seed varieties pesticide-resistant
Additional seed treatments
Biotech varieties with herbicide resistance only
4%
8%
5%
Scouting used to make decisions
19% 35%
Biological pesticides
4% 18%
Beneficial organisms
** 2%
Maintain ground cover or physical barriers
10% 25%
Adjust planting methods
6% 12%
Alternate pesticides
44% 51%
Pheromones to disrupt mating
**
** Less than 1 percent.
Pest management practices in corn
Percent of farms utilizing practices
1997 2000
Prevention practices
Tillage/etc. to manage pests
30% 47%
Remove or plow down crop residue
16% 42%
Clean implements after fieldwork
24% 48%
Water management practices
6% 18%
Avoidance practices
Seed varieties with Bt genes
Biotech varieties with insect resistance only
13%
5%
Adjust planting/harvesting dates
5% 21%
Rotate crops to control pests
61% 53%
Biotech varieties with pathogen/nematode resistance only
1%
Alternate planting locations
22%
Grow trap crop to control insects
3%
Monitoring practices
Scouted for pests
34% 45%
Records kept to track pests
10% 17%
Field mapping of weed problems
8% 23%
Soil analysis to detect pests
6% 16%
Pheromones to monitor pests
** 1%
Weather monitoring
24%
Suppression practices
Seed varieties pesticide-resistant
Additional seed treatments
Biotech varieties with herbicide resistance only
4%
8%
16%
Scouting used to make decisions
10% 21%
Biological pesticides
2% 11%
Beneficial organisms
** 2%
Maintain ground cover or physical barriers
8% 22%
Adjust planting methods
4% 11%
Alternate pesticides
33% 40%
Pheromones to disrupt mating
**
** Less than 1 percent.
Pest management practices in soybeans
Percent of acres utilizing practices
1997 2000 2010
Prevention practices
Tillage/etc. to manage pests
41% 52%
Remove or plow down crop residue
14% 18%
Clean implements after fieldwork
34% 46%
Water management practices
8% 15%
Avoidance practices
Biotech varieties with insect resistance only
**
54%
Adjust planting/harvesting dates
6% 16% 23%
Rotate crops to control pests
75% 84% 86%
Biotech varieties with pathogen/nematode resistance only
1%
Alternate planting locations
25% 15%
Row spacing, plant density or row directions adjusted
19%
Grow trap crop to control insects
4%
Monitoring practices
Scouted for pests
Redefined and expanded to 15 categories in 2010
49% 56%
8-66%
Records kept to track pests
17% 23%
Field mapping of weed problems
17% 28% 2-66%
Soil analysis to detect pests
11% 28% 4%
Pheromones to monitor pests
1% 4%
Weather monitoring
32%
Suppression practices
Seed varieties pesticide-resistant
Additional seed treatments
Biotech varieties with herbicide resistance only
9%
3%
55%
Scouting used to make decisions
17% 12%
Biological pesticides
** 7%
Beneficial organisms
* 2%
Physical barriers
9%
Maintain ground cover or physical barriers
24%
Adjust planting methods
14% 18%
Alternate pesticides
42% 46%
Pheromones to disrupt mating
**
* Insufficient reports to publish data.
** Less than 1 percent.
Pest management practices in soybeans
Percent of farms utilizing practices
1997 2000
Prevention practices
Tillage/etc. to manage pests
34% 48%
Remove or plow down crop residue
12% 19%
Clean implements after fieldwork
27% 45%
Water management practices
6% 14%
Avoidance practices
Biotech varieties with insect resistance only
**
Adjust planting/harvesting dates
4% 15%
Rotate crops to control pests
67% 78%
Biotech varieties with pathogen/nematode resistance only
3%
Alternate planting locations
23%
Grow trap crop to control insects
2%
Monitoring practices
Scouted for pests
40% 45%
Records kept to track pests
11% 21%
Field mapping of weed problems
10% 22%
Soil analysis to detect pests
7% 19%
Pheromones to monitor pests
** 2%
Weather monitoring
24%
Suppression practices
Biotech varieties with herbicide resistance only
Additional seed treatments
17%
3%
60%
Scouting used to make decisions
10% 21%
Biological pesticides
** 5%
Beneficial organisms
* 1%
Maintain ground cover or physical barriers
7% 20%
Adjust planting methods
9% 14%
Alternate pesticides
33% 35%
Pheromones to disrupt mating
**
* Insufficient reports to publish data.
** Less than 1 percent.
The tables and summaries below provide a look back at
pest management practices for the years 1997 and 2000.
