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Be on the lookout for squash bugs!

The squash bug is the main pest of pumpkins in Illinois. Squash bugs overwinter as adults and move into pumpkin plantings in June (southern IL) and July (northern IL). They prefer squash and pumpkins compared to cucumbers and melons. In southern Illinois, two...
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The heat is on (finally)

Monthly update from Trent Ford, Illinois State Climatologist Climatological summer technically runs from June 1st to August 31st, but temperatures this year have more closely followed the astronomical calendar. The days...
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Elizabeth Wahle

Elizabeth Wahle

Extension Specialist, Agriculture and Agribusiness (Commercial Agriculture)
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