Hi all, This week we are primarily seeing the transition of pest populations as they move into new life stages or begin to build toward The most important of the new findings are reltated to potatoes: Potato Leafhoppers have been officially identified within Vermont. The two incidents are related to beans, though PLH does have …

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Hi all, The past week of scouting and monitoring has revealed much of the same from the prior week. No new pests but increasing numbers and pressure from resident pests. There have been several reports of fusarium in garlic. Fusarium can often be the result of a secondary infection from wounds being inflicted by other …

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Hi all, As we begin the slow roll into June, it is peak season for the emergence and arrival of many of our most concerning insect pests. Unfortunately, it seems that the early season rains combined with warming drier temperatures, has led to some early outbreaks and arrivals. One  of the more important scouting notes …

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Hi all, This week we have officially added a new monitoring site outside of Chittenden County. The farm team at Cedar Circle Farm in Thetford, VT will be sharing their weekly observations and scouting reports with our team to better capture the distribution and movement of pests throughout the region.  We’ll incorporate their data to …

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Hi all, With all of the heat and rain over the past week, several of our early season pests have begun to emerge and are being found in relative abundance in fields and high tunnels in the region. As mentioned last week, we are particularly interested in keeping an eye out for signs of the …

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