Pest Patrol Helps Protect Crops From Damaging Insects

Southern growers looking for expert opinions on threats to their yields have relied on the Syngenta Pest Patrol Program for the past 12 years. Pest Patrol offers timely updates on local outbreaks, weather, current pest levels and treatment recommendations.

Agronomy experts across the South provide this information, which is delivered via text alerts and online at the Pest Patrol website. In 2020, the program is continuing to expand by adding more voices to the conversation, including Syngenta agronomic service representatives and Extension entomologists and pathologists.

Pest Patrol started as a platform for university entomologists to alert the agricultural community about potential or real insect outbreaks across all crops. … Today, it remains a critical tool in several geographies and not only warns of outbreaks but offers solutions to mitigate threats and prevent yield loss.

“Pest Patrol started as a platform for university entomologists to alert the agricultural community about potential or real insect outbreaks across all crops and the need for intensified scouting,” says Jeff Mink, a Syngenta agronomic service manager. “Today, it remains a critical tool in several geographies and not only warns of outbreaks but offers solutions to mitigate threats and prevent yield loss.”