Kennedy, Minnesota farmer Rob Rynning says conditions are dry in the northwest corner of the state. Those dry conditions are bringing out the bugs. “Most everybody had at least one post-emergence insecticide application for flea beetles,” says Rynning. “We’re starting to see more and more grasshoppers. I don’t think they’re a threat yet. If it turned a little damper maybe they’d back off a bit.” While the cool weather in June slowed row crop development, Rynning adds weather was favorable for the small grains and canola. “Some of the later seeded canola look a little better than the early seeded.” Listen to the interview with Rynning.