Collecting insects at a soybean farm

A group of people standing in a soybean field, using sweep nets to collect insects as part of a field scouting activity

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National Alliance of Independent Crop Consultants

Date Shot/Created

Circa 2025

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Participants of the 2025 Virginia–North Carolina Farm Tour, hosted by the National Alliance of Independent Crop Consultants and the Weed Science Society of America, use sweep nets to sample insects in a North Carolina soybean field—learning how field scouting helps identify pest presence and assess potential crop damage.

Subject tags

Agriculture

Farms and farming systems

Insects

Surveying