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Update: Armyworm discussion on Twitter the last couple of days...latest Tweet: Scout for armyworm at dusk. Numbers increasing rapidly this week. Feeding on hay fields also not just wheat/barley.

DairyFarmer836:10pm via Twitter for BlackBerry®

Scout for armyworm at dusk. Numbers increasing rapidly this week. Feeding on hay fields also not just wheat/barley.

brfarms095:31pm via Twitter for BlackBerry®

@cropdoc2 @WheatPete #armyworm that big of leaf area is what made me unsure #ontag

GreenMediaMags3:43pm via Facebook

armyworms on the march in NY state, see advice and photos from Cornell University-eric tinyurl.com/82r3k6cfb.me/1XVAszsPo

formosafarmer2:33pm via Twitter for BlackBerry®

Found stripe rust this morning while looking for armyworm. Not enough to worry about yfrog.com/kifhefij

onfieldcrops2:30pm via web

RT @JoelBagg Weekly Forage Reportfieldcropnews.com/?p=3877 armyworm, hay storage, fertility #OntAg

JoelBagg2:16pm via web

Weekly Forage Report fieldcropnews.com/?p=3877armyworm, hay storage, fertility

KenBrett112:45pm via Twitter for iPhone

RT @ScottCaughill: Let's change the armyworm subject, found soybean aphids today!

ScottCaughill11:25am via Twitter for iPhone

Let's change the armyworm subject, found soybean aphids today!

waynekblackJun 19, 10:55pm via Twitter for iPhone

@brfarms09 sucks to hear you have to spray for#armyworm. How many acres have you had to do? Saw a few in my #corn.

brfarms09Jun 19, 10:42pm via Twitter for BlackBerry®

40 acres sprayed for #armyworm, hoping the aphids in WW isn't a sign of what's to come for soybeans. Wheat jumped +foot since heading

gleaner42Jun 19, 7:09pm via Twitter for iPhone

@BryanAvison armyworm,crossing the road out of a harvested hay field into the corn.Good news is that they are adults,minimal damage

beanboyzJun 19, 5:29pm via Twitter for BlackBerry®

@Agridome I found 20 #armyworm in the pool. Worse yet my wife offered 10 cents per worm for the boys to scoop them out

JoelBaggJun 19, 4:43pm via Twitter for BlackBerry®

RT @ScoutingFields: #armyworm damage on forage crop found in Markham today. Also found #armyworm in wheat again today. Scout in the evening pic.twitter.com/3lbqEQ4B

AgridomeJun 19, 4:43pm via TweetDeck

MT @ScoutingFields: #armyworm damage on forage crop found in Markham 2day. Also found #armyworm in wheat again 2day. bit.ly/McRNj8

ScoutingFieldsJun 19, 4:42pm via Twitter for BlackBerry®

#armyworm damage on forage crop found in Markham today. Also found #armyworm in wheat again today. Scout in the evening pic.twitter.com/3lbqEQ4B


HylandSeeds1Jun 19, 1:06pm via HootSuite

RT @OntAg: RT @GillesQuesnel: Armyworm still a risk in eastern ON, as Quebec Trapping Network still collecting increasing # of moths....

ANRomonJun 19, 12:43pm via web

RT @GillesQuesnel: Armyworm still a risk in eastern ON, as Quebec Trapping Network still collecting increasing # of moths. bit.ly/Mq3fIJ #ontag

OntAgJun 19, 12:36pm via HootSuite

RT @GillesQuesnel: Armyworm still a risk in eastern ON, as Quebec Trapping Network still collecting increasing # of moths....

GillesQuesnelJun 19, 11:55am via web

Armyworm still a risk in eastern ON, as Quebec Trapping Network still collecting increasing # of moths. bit.ly/Mq3fIJ #ontag

waynekblackJun 18, 7:49pm via Twitter for iPhone

@infoSLCC first serious infestation I've noticed. One or two #corn stalks here & there. #armyworm #OntAg

@cropdoc2 @Agridome @realagriculture hysteria? These are looking like BIG #armyworm problem. Now to find them pic.twitter.com/VJmqOsya

Stittsville_OntJun 18, 5:49pm via TweetDeck

RT @phhermans: A few armyworm showed up today while scouting a field in Stittsville. Nothing urgent yet!pic.twitter.com/Ag0X34f2

phhermansJun 18, 4:39pm via web

A few armyworm showed up today while scouting a field in Stittsville. Nothing urgent yet! Thank goodness!pic.twitter.com/uaGM8aF9

OntarioFarmsJun 18, 2:37pm via HootSuite

RT @OFA1: For info on Armyworm and other crop issues listen in to OMAFRA Cropline podcasts: bit.ly/Pdlh2U#ontag

OFA1Jun 18, 2:05pm via TweetDeck

For info on Armyworm and other crop issues listen in to OMAFRA Cropline podcasts: bit.ly/Pdlh2U #ontag

mbracJun 18, 10:44am via web

Agnerds Ep 14 - Twitter vs the Armyworm.youtube.com/watch?v=TgNxGs…

SannahChoiJun 18, 9:41am via web

@michaelsme FYI RT @CBCOntarioToday #armyworminfestations across sw & sc ont. Farmers have recourse if caught early. What the rest of us?

vandewallefarmJun 18, 7:38am via web

RT @sheppardjm: armyworm crossing a road near Lennon, MI | pic.twitter.com/H9JCFidT

vandewallefarmJun 18, 7:23am via Twitter for BlackBerry®

@KevinNixon_ trying to decide to spray or not to spray? We are thinking the worst ones will get sprayed tonight.#armyworm.

vandewallefarmJun 18, 7:11am via Twitter for BlackBerry®

#armyworm numbers and feeding increasing in wheat fields this morning near Dublin Ont #wheat #ontagpic.twitter.com/ck7mSiCg

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