Md. offers wasps for soybean pest control
ANNAPOLIS, Md. Soybean,, the Mexican bean beetle; the
famers who are ecologically number one insect pest of
minded and want to get away from soybeans,
the use of chemicals for insect
control can get a start in that
direction by contacting the
Maryland Department of
Agriculture, Mexican Bean Beetle
Control Program.
Control officials are gearing up
to begin their annual production
process for rearing thousands of
tiny wasps which don’t bother
humans but are dealy enemies of
UEP receives thanks
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The
directors of United Egg Producers
heard strong expressions of thanks
last week from the Pennsylvania
egg industry for the firm support
given to the Pa. Poultry
Federation and the Industry Task
Force in securing improved AI
indemnity payments.
Spokesman for the Pa. egg in
dustry at the UEP directors
meeting in Washington, D.C. was
Donald Horn, of Pennfield Corp.,
Lancaster. He said the “United
Egg Producers was the first major
poultry organization to step for
ward in active support of the
principle of fair market payment.”
Speakers named by PennAg
EPHRATA State Rep. June
Honaman and State Sen. Noah
Wenger will discuss the current
economic situation in Penn
sylvania at PennAg Industries
Association’s 106th Convention at
the Host Corral in Lancaster on
September 25.
Honaman, a member of the
Pennsylvania House of
Representatives, is a member of
the Agriculture Rural Affairs
Committee. Mrs. Honaman has
represented the 97th district since
1976. She resides in Landisville and
is married to Peter K. Honaman,
attorney. She graduated from
Manheim Township High School
and Beaver College. She also
taught in the Lancaster City
Schools.
Wenger, Senator of the 36th
Senatorial District, is chairman of
These insects will be available to
Maryland farmers in lost of 5
thousand or 10 thousand each for
release in soybean fields. When
released the female insects seek
out the larvae of bean beetles into
which they deposit their eggs. The
larva serves as a living food supply
for the developing wasp larvae.
When the mature wasps emerge
He explained that federal law
clearly called for application of
this principle and detailed the body
of law precedents and court
decisions supporting that position.
All of the activity generated to
press for fair market value was
centered on this legal base.
In Horn’s opinion the decision
that came from the USDA to
modify and implement the original
payments came in response to a
vigorous campaign in behalf of fair
market value waged first by
producers and their organizations
and finally by the Pennsylvania
political leadership at the highest
levels.
the Senate Labor and Industry
Committee and vice-chairman of
the Senate Agriculture Committee.
In 1976 Wenger was elected to the
Pa. House of Representatives. He
served in this office until 1982 when
he was elected senator. He owns a
107-acre livestock and poultry
farm.
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from the shell of the dead beetle
larva, the females seek out new
hosts and the process starts all
over again. During the course of a
normal growing season, sizable
populations of wasp can develop
from the initial release.
This program is not designed to
eradicate the Mexican bean beetle
but only to reduce its population to
a level which does not pose an
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events
economic threat to soybean
producers. Participating farmers
are charged a minimal fee of 20
cents per acre of soybeans, with a
minimum total fee of $B.OO. The
minimum fee would be sufficient to
cover 40 acres which is the ap
proximate average size soybean
field in the State.
In addition to supplying the
wasps, program personnel will
It didn’t come easy.
worked hard to make your farm
advise farmers on the proper tune
and methods of release to ensure
maximum control. Interested
parties should contact MDA prior
to June 1 so that a sufficient supply
of wasps can be reared to meet
total needs.
Additional information may be
obtained by phone at (301) 841-5920
(Annapolis or (301) 454-5725
(College Park).
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