Keep an eye out for tobacco pests

(Richmond Register) Most transplant insecticide applications for tobacco provide excellent control of tobacco flea beetles for the first three to four weeks that the crop is in the field. After several years of using these treatments, it is easy to forget what can happen if preventive control is not used, and the crop is not checked for damage for some time.
... Watch for budworm and tobacco hornworm infestations, especially in the earliest set fields. Continued