

Best Management Practices for Soybean Production
This is your unbiased, research-based guide to soybean production to help increase yield, reduce input costs and protect your investment.
This is your unbiased, research-based guide to soybean production to help increase yield, reduce input costs and protect your investment.
The South Dakota Pest Management guides are now available for free. The guides offer recommendations for controlling weeds, insects, and diseases in a variety of South Dakota crops.
Many areas in South Dakota have reached peak emergence for the second generation of seed corn maggots, while others are still approaching it.
SDSU Extension is your partner to increase yields and improve efficiency.
Learn about minute pirate bugs, beneficial insects that feed on numerous arthropod pests of both garden and agricultural crops.
During the growing season, SDSU Extension provides weekly production recommendations.
Degree day accumulations continue to approach the peak emergence of the second generation of seedcorn maggots. See our latest management recommendations based on this activity.
For most of South Dakota, peak emergence of the overwintering seedcorn maggot population has passed. See our latest activity estimates for the second generation.
For agroecosystems and gardens struggling with weeds and insect pests, ground beetles can be a beneficial predator. Learn the benefits they can bring to your landscape this growing season.
There are numerous insect species that are beneficial to the gardens and farms. In this article, we will highlight a common insect predator known as the pink lady beetle, or spotted lady beetle.
Corn and soybean planted during cool conditions can be at risk for seedcorn maggot infestation. Stay ahead of infestations by viewing latest activity estimates from around the state.
Seedcorn maggots can be an early-season pest of corn and soybean in South Dakota. View our latest seedcorn maggot activity estimates based on degree day accumulation for various locations throughout South Dakota.