Northeast, Nebraska | GrainTrader - 3/3/2026 19:10
Have some acres I’m planning to go to heavy corn rotation on. I’m in central Indiana. I plant AM or VT2 corn.
On these acres I’m debating on 2 vs 3 years of corn and at what point rootworm control becomes necessary in a non rootworm area? We do not treat for rootworms and I do not plant rootworm resistant corn. Im thinking I’d go to a seed applied treatment if I did anything and then add insecticide to my drone:fungicide passes.
Would a 3rd year of corn make you any more worried about RW rather than 2 years? Bean will follow then start the rotation again.
I plan to set some traps this summer, but all my corn will follow beans accept 20 acres following silage. This year will be the first year of corn on these farms I plan to transition:
As soon as you get the field harvested, contact an EarthOptics sampler. They can pull samples and their standard DNA test counts rootworm eggs. |
Corn corn beans vs corn 3X then beans. (Rootworm control question)
