Northwest Minnesota is seeing a new insect, cereal leaf beetle, causing serious problems for wheat growers. “One field had about 25 percent of stems infested which is definitely over threshold levels,” said Anthony Hanson, entomologist, University of Minnesota Extension. “In the past, it would have benefited from a treatment if we had gotten to it earlier.” It’s important to scout fields regularly. “It doesn’t take much for population pressure to cause significant yield loss.”
