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A two-day workshop covering a variety of topics related to crop production in Montana will be held Jan. 2 and 3 at the Burns Technology Center at Montana State University. Guest speaker at the 2014 MSU Crop and Pest Management School will be Daren Mueller from Iowa State University, editor of the book “Fungicides for Field Crops,” published in 2012 by the American Phytopathological Society. The Crop and Pest Management School will also include a panel discussion on corn as a potential crop in Montana. Eleven MSU staff members from four dep...
Grasshopper populations increased dramatically in Montana from 2007 to 2010, from one million acres with more than 15 grasshoppers per square yard in 2007, to 17 million acres with more than 15 grasshoppers per square yard in 2010. However, crop and rangeland damage has been somewhat moderated by the cool and wet spring weather of 2010 and 2011. The recent warm dry weather has favored grasshopper development and based on the August 2011 adult grasshopper rangeland survey conducted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health...
