 Besher says producers are more optimistic now, especially with high prices and green grass. But he says he's still not ready to rebuild. We're still in the rehabilitation mode after the drought. From San Diego, I'm Megan Grebner for Brownfield. A Bayer agronomist says it's been a year for the bugs. Lance Tarchioni, who covers western Illinois, tells Brownfield... It's the year of stink bugs, of aphids, cutworm. It's the year of corn rootworm, plenty of Japanese beetles. It's the worst alfalfa weevil year that I can recall.