Stink Bugs

Stink bugs cost Southeast soybean growers real money every year — but not all stink bugs are created equal. This episode breaks down the full complex hitting Piedmont and Southeast beans and gets into the science behind why some are so much harder to kill. How they actually damage a pod — the enzyme cocktail they inject that shrivels seed, drags out maturity, and can trigger green stem What your sweep net counts are really telling you — thresholds by species, and why grain and seed beans aren't scouted the same way Why brown stink bug shrugs off a pyrethroid that drops its green cousins dead — the biochemistry behind it Why redbanded stink bug might be the toughest bug in the field — lower threshold, deeper feeding, and a knack for reinfesting after a spray If you scout beans in July and August, this one's for you.