Midseason scouting across #Nebraska shows increasing pressure from #soybean pests, with the southeast seeing the highest pest activity. This update comes from NSB-funded research. Check out this new @UNL_CropWatch to learn more: https://t.co/0PLkbOPsxZ @UNLExtension @UNL_IANR

We’re in Mead today for the FINAL day of @NebraskaSMFD! Registration starts at 10 a.m., program runs from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Learn about the Soybean @UNL_TAPS competition, hear the latest market updates and tour the competition plots. Hosted @NebENREEC https://t.co/rBg5kkm7Nc

Soybean gall midge remains a tough pest, but research is helping farmers fight back. Check out the latest update from the @SoyResearchInfo: https://t.co/NA8lGmkoDj

Soybean gall midge adults have been detected in east-central Nebraska earlier in June, marking the beginning of the 2025 emergence period and signaling risk for soybean fields. Learn more: https://t.co/eeaSDAtaNj… @UNLExtension @justinmcmechan @UNL_CropWatch

Watch 40+ Crop Scout School episodes at https://t.co/40KzKRQFHi. Dust off your skills for topics like crop growth, disease, weeds, insect pests, disorders, cover crops and tons more. From Extension. @MartinChilvers1 @thrashnbugs @NDSUExtension @badgerbean @cropdoc08 @PurdueCorn

NEW Handy Bt Trait Table for 2025 at https://t.co/OEbVxVkjxa. From @tamuentomology & @MSUEntomology. @ScottGraham72 @epp_tn @UFEntNem @justinmcmechan @erinwhodgson @ashmfaris @DominicDReisig @PetersonInsects @OhBuggers

2025 Guide for Weed, Disease, and Insect Management in Nebraska is available to purchase ($35) at https://t.co/Pda2pSTJ9z A PDF is also available to download. @UNL_CropWatch @MarthaMamo3 @unlagrohort @UNLExtension @ChasStoltenow @jenreesources @BobWrightUNL @justinmcmechan

Bins are busting and combines are back in the shed. Time to check out all the good topics from Extension's Crop Scout School. Watch at https://t.co/40KzKRQ7RK 42 episodes on soybean, corn, alfalfa, and wheat. @justinmcmechan @TravisLegleiter @thrashnbugs @NDSUcerealpath

Crops are out of the field, but scout school is in session! Forty-two episodes on soybean, corn, alfalfa, and wheat topics. Watch at https://t.co/40KzKRQ7RK From Extension. @justinmcmechan @TravisLegleiter @thrashnbugs @NDSUcerealpath @cropdoc08 @MartinChilvers1 @badgerbean

@NESoybeanBoard funds @UNLEntomology #SoyResearch to identify and understand soybean gall midge, a pest first discovered in NE soybean fields, https://t.co/ObOr3ZdRz9. See more research: https://t.co/nBsGAN6OeO #USSoy

Survey for #soybeangallmidge in NE completed with 8 new counties this year. Five were because of sweet clover. It's a good time to scout your field. Also, two new counties in IA and one new county in SD. @erinwhodgson @ashleyn_dean @SDSUExt_Insects. Funded by the @NESoybeanBoard

Check out the newest Nebraska Soybean Agronomy Update featuring @justinmcmechan. He talks about soybean gall midge and dectes stem borer. Both pests are significant concerns for Nebraska #soybean farmers. @UNL_IANR @UNLEntomology @UNLincoln

Successfully defended my masters thesis!! Thanks to my advisor, @justinmcmechan for his guidance and mentorship, my labmates, family, and friends ✨ @UNLEntomology for providing numerous opportunities to grow professionally and giving homely environment💚 #MastersThesis #grateful

Join us on Thursday, April 18th, at 1 p.m. CT to hear Pragya Gupta (mentored by Dr. Justin McMechan) as she presents her M.S. thesis seminar: “Hilling as a Management Tactic and Tool for Understanding Soybean Gall Midge." Also available via Zoom!

"Excited to announce that I won First Place in the "Master 10-minute paper" student competition at the 2024 NCB Meeting of the Entomological Society of America in Fort Collins! Grateful to my advisor, @justinmcmechan, for the opportunity. @UNLEntomology #NCB2024"

Great turnout for our PPEM/@ISU_SoyCenter seminar today with @justinmcmechan chatting about soybean gall midge.

2024 Guide for Weed, Disease, and Insect Management in Nebraska is available to purchase ($25) at https://t.co/Pda2pSTbk1 A PDF is also available. @UNL_CropWatch @MarthaMamo3 @unlagrohort @UNLExtension @ChasStoltenow @jenreesources @BobWrightUNL @justinmcmechan @tjcksn @UNL_IANR

Special thanks to @OrtezCornCrops for leading this and putting together an outstanding literature review as part of his dissertation! I highly recommend following him as I'm certain there are many more outstanding contributions from him in the future!

2023 Crop Management Conference has begun! Thanks ⁦@justinmcmechan⁩ for coming to talk to us about soybean gall midge today.

Well done @NatashaUmezu (1st place) and @pragyagupta05 (2nd Place) at the @EntsocAmerica National Meeting. The talks were excellent in their section. Thank you both for all your hard work and for making the lab look so good!