{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Keeping It Independent","title":"The Good, the Bad, and the Bugly","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/4b8e88f9\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1204,"description":"Today, we're talking pests with University of Illinois' Kelly Estes.\nKelly coordinates the Illinois Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey (CAPS) program which focuses on the early detection and surveillance of harmful or economically significant exotic plant pests, diseases, and weeds that have eluded first-line of defense inspections or have been identified as threats to U.S. agriculture and/or the environment.\nKelly and Wyffels Agronomy Manager Ryan Gentle discuss the Illinois insect trapping network and dive into updates on corn rootworm, Asian beetles, corn borer, and more.\nLinks discussed in this episode:\nWyffels Hybrids - Corn Rootworm Monitoring Program\nIllinois Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey (CAPS) program\nCorn ipmPIPE\nIllinois Natural History Survey\nThe Water and Atmospheric Resources Monitoring (WARM) Network\n\nWe want to hear from you. Have questions you want us to address on future episodes? Ideas for how we can make this better? Email us at agronomy@wyffels.com. \nWyffels Hybrids. Fiercely independent, and proud of it.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/fWYCW4uGmx4jIoyBZ7VwYs40HiAJTapilWtDkgGU3iI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQwOTA5LzE2OTkz/ODY4MjctYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}