Spider mites impacting soybean fields

An extension field crops entomologist with the University of Illinois says some farmers are battling spider mites this spring. Nick Seiter says the pest thrives in dry conditions. “Spider mites are the ones that I get concerned about that can really cause a lot of injury.”  He says, “They’re very heavily driven by drought stress […]

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