Diligent scouting lets you get a jump on pests. When Joe Nester of Nester Ag Management, Bryan, Ohio, trains crop scouting interns, he heads for a field of continuous corn. "We know we'll be able to find insects and other problems in a continuous-cornfield," he says. "When you set up a monocrop situation, it's like looking for trouble." That doesn't mean you can't successfully grow multiple years of corn, Nester adds—it just means you have to stay on your toes to spot pest problems. That means scouting even more diligently than you probably would in a rotational cropping situation.
展开▼
机译：勤奋的侦察可以让您迅速摆脱害虫。当俄亥俄州布莱恩市Nester Ag Management的Joe Nester培训农作物侦察实习生时，他前往连续玉米田。他说：“我们知道我们将能够在连续的玉米田中发现昆虫和其他问题。” “当您设置单播情况时，就像在寻找麻烦。” Nester补充说，这并不意味着您不能成功种植多年的玉米，而只是意味着您必须保持警惕，以发现害虫问题。这意味着比轮作时更勤奋地侦察。
展开▼
