{"id":2499,"date":"2025-05-30T14:38:33","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T19:38:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/mid-coast-ipm\/?p=2499"},"modified":"2025-05-30T14:58:24","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T19:58:24","slug":"grain-sorghum-ipm-5-30-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/mid-coast-ipm\/grain-sorghum-ipm-5-30-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Grain Sorghum IPM 5\/30\/25"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Grain sorghum fields range from bloom to soft dough. We are still finding stink bugs in sorghum fields, average fields have 1 stink bug per head but some are higher.<br \/>Treatment thresholds are low at bloom and increase as the grain matures.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-2262\" src=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/mid-coast-ipm\/files\/2023\/06\/Sorghum-SB-ET-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p>Some of the fields have leaf footed bugs. These insects can be considered as stink bugs since they feed in a similar manner.<\/p>\r\n<p>Sugarcane aphid numbers were low this week.\u00a0 Continue to monitor for aphids when scouting for stink bugs and headworms.<\/p>\r\n<p>More Grain Sorghum pest management info\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/mid-coast-ipm\/files\/2023\/05\/managing-insect-and-mite-pests-of-texas-sorghum.pdf\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>You can get the audio updates by following this link:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.texasinsects.org\/south-texas.html\">https:\/\/www.texasinsects.org\/south-texas.html<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.texasinsects.org\/signup-south-texas.html\">Signup to get text message notification of new IPM Audio posts<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>Use this link for all IPM Audio Updates:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.texasinsects.org\/agriculture-audio-updates-home.html\">https:\/\/www.texasinsects.org\/agriculture-audio-updates-home.html<\/a><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grain sorghum fields range from bloom to soft dough. We are still finding stink bugs in sorghum fields, average fields have 1 stink bug per head but some are higher.Treatment thresholds are low at bloom and increase as the grain matures.\u00a0 Some of the fields have leaf footed bugs. These insects can be considered as stink bugs since they feed in a similar manner. Sugarcane aphid numbers were low this week.\u00a0 Continue to monitor for aphids when scouting for stink bugs and headworms. 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