Volunteer corn is more prevalent in the 2022 growing season and can cause some yield losses, but Bruce Potter, an integrated pest management specialist at the University of Minnesota Southwest Research and Outreach Center at Lamberton, Minnesota, said the bigger issues are the insects and diseases that the corn can bring. Of particular concern is the corn rootworm.
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Leaf-mining insect has been found in Canada, Minnesota and South Dakota. The worst infestation has been in Sibley County, southwest of the Twin Cities, but Bob Koch said the insect has shown up in fields at Lamberton in the southwest to Morris in west-central Minnesota. Unlike soybeans, the insect is native to North America, with a range that stretches from Manitoba, Canada, and as far south as Texas and North Carolina.