soybean aphids predicted for 2009
High soybean aphid populations are “The main criteria we are basing this Center. “These numbers had followed a Ohio in 2001, is a sapsucker whose vora-
predicted for this growing season in on are the fall collections of winged summer when suction trap collections in cious appetite can greatly damage
Ohio, continuing the trend of low popu- aphids in suction traps in neighboring these same sites were very low. This sce- untreated soybean fields. It also has been
lations one year and high populations states to our west and north. In a number nario, low summer captures followed by known to transmit a host of viruses,
the next, according to Ohio State of these traps, fall collections were high,” high fall collections, has usually been the including soybean mosaic virus, soybean
University Extension entomologists. said Ron Hammond, an OSU Extension determining factor when making the dwarf virus and alfalfa mosaic virus, not
The prediction is based on information entomologist based at the Ohio aphid prediction for Ohio.” only in soybean but also in a number of
collected last fall in neighboring states. Agricultural Research and Development The soybean aphid, first discovered in vegetable crops.
The only caveat to this year’s predic-
tion is that entomologists did not find
any aphid colonies or eggs on the few
buckthorn plants that were sampled in
See how your neighbors grow soybeans. Your neighbors in Brazil.
the fall in Ohio. Buckthorn is an over-
winter host for the aphid.
“Because most of our aphid problems
migrate from the north, we do not think
that the lack of overwintering aphids in
our state should be a determining factor.
As always, we could be wrong in our
prediction, but we have called it correctly
for the past six out of seven years,”
Hammond said. “On the plus side, if we
are wrong, at least it will be to the
grower’s benefit.”
usda reinstates
base acreage on fed-
erally owned land
Early last month, Agriculture
Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that
the rule terminating base acres on federal
land has been rescinded. As a result of
Vilsack’s action, farmers who lease feder-
al land are again considered eligible to
receive payments under the Direct and
Counter-cyclical Program (DCP) on fed-
eral land with base acres.
“Terminating base acres on federally
owned cropland would have hurt farmers
across the United States and eroded the
safety net for farmers and ranchers,”
Vilsack said. “In keeping with President
Obama’s commitment to American agricul-
ture, we have decided to rescind this rule.”
This decision rescinds the part of the
Dec. 23, 2008, DCP final rule, which termi-
nated base acreage on federal lands. The
rule directed that beginning in crop year
2009, producers who leased federal land
would no longer be eligible for DCP pay-
ments authorized under the 2008 Farm Bill.
The American Farm Bureau Federation
and Ducks Unlimited praised the decision
as a big win for America’s farmers and
conservationists. Both organizations appre-
ciate Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack’s
leadership on the issue.
“This announcement restores the farm
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