Corn Establishment Ken Wise and Jaime Cummings, New York State Integrated Pest Management Program, Cornell University Introduction This product does not harm the birds, but causes them Many species of birds, including crows, ravens, black birds...
, to forage elsewhere. The product can come pretreated on starlings, grackles, Canada geese and wild turkeys, are a pest seed, or the farmer can apply it themselves. problem annually for corn growers in several areas in New Corn growers in NY were interested...

is seldom an economic problem for New York’s field corn production. Planter box seed treatments do not protect corn from pests that occur after emergence such as cutworms, armyworms, and corn rootworm. Rescue treatments such as replanting are rarely...
cracks, high organic matter, decomposing plant material, and germinating seeds. Maggots are pale yellowish-white, tapered, legless, appear to be headless, and reach a length of about ¼ inch. They burrow into germinating seeds to feed. Seed may...