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Tips for Fighting Prolific Slugs and Protecting Your No-Till Crops

Entomologist Kelley Tilmon says rigorous scouting, earlier planting and use of molluscicide baits can help keep slug populations in check.

By Mark McNeely posted on April 14, 2018 | Posted in Crop Protection

Slugs are moist creatures that thrive in moist habitats. They require a certain degree of protection and generally like not being disturbed — all conditions that are, unfortunately, prevalent in no-tilled fields, says Kelley Tilmon.

Slugs Likely to Thrive This Summer

May 30, 2017 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Crop Protection

Source: Ohio State University Extension

Heavy rainfall and late planting make crops more susceptible to slug damage, says Ohio State University Extension.

Label Issue For Metaldehyde Clouds Slug Control Picture

Corn and soybean uses may soon be removed from Deadline labels, but farm experts — fearing a blow to no-till adoption — are lobbying the U.S. EPA to maintain the uses.

By John Dobberstein posted on December 1, 2012 | Posted in Crop Protection

No-tillers could lose the availability of a popular product for slug control if a registration issue with the U.S. EPA isn't straightened out.

Corn And Soybeans May Fall From Deadline Label

October 25, 2012 | Posted in Crop Protection

Source: Penn State University

The latest re-registration is underway for metaldehyde and Lonza has decided to let corn and soybeans drop from the label.

Slugs Damage Corn, Soybeans, Grains, Alfalfa

April 29, 2010 | Posted in Crop Protection

Slug activity is picking up, particularly in portions of the Midwest receiving regular rains.

Slug-Control Product Escapes Notice

Sluggo is used mostly in the West, despite research showing that it could be a boon to no-tillers.

By Ron Ross posted on June 1, 2006 | Posted in Crop Protection

Although it has been available for several years, an often-overlooked, environ- mentally friendly slug-control product is gaining popularity in the United States and could provide an alternative to metaldehyde- based products for no-tillers.

Slugging It Out With Slugs

Both no-tilled corn and soybeans are hit hard by these pests.

By Lynn Grooms posted on June 1, 2001 | Posted in Crop Protection

Slugs were likely a major worry for some no-tillers again this spring. In fact, a few Ohio growers have abandoned no-till because of them, maintains Ron Hammond, entomologist with the Ohio State University Agricultural Experiment Station at Wooster, Ohio.

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