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Lesser cornstalk borer (LCB) infestations have been found in southern Georgia peanut fields, nearly a month ahead of average. While rain did fall across a few fields this past weekend, the drought-like conditions that have been seen appear to have set the stage for the first outbreak of the pest in the past four years.
FMC Regional Tech Service Manager Bruce Stripling told Southeast AgNet’s Randall Weiseman that LCB is considered an occasional pest.