Bugs are always on the brain when raising crops—it’s a never-ending battle that farmers must be prepared to fight every day of the year. Jeff Whitworth, associate professor of entomology at Kansas ...

A Washington State University Extension expert says farmers need to avoid a case of mistaken identity. What wheat farmers near Waterville, Wash., recently thought could be armyworms, cutworms or ...

Wheat streak mosaic and pests are resurging across Oklahoma. Experts warn drought, volunteer wheat and mites could impact ...

Five universities will share a three-year, $1.9 million grant to study pest control methods, treatments and best management practices in wheat. USDA’s Risk Avoidance and Mitigation Program awarded the ...

With insect pests like greenbugs, it is wise to make multiple visits to fields over a three- to four-week period to make sure environmental and other conditions don’t cause a significant population ...

A tiny pest is creating big problems for some Oklahoma wheat farmers.Officials with the Oklahoma State University Extension ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- A newly identified wheat gene produces proteins that appear to attack the stomach lining of a crop-destroying fly larvae so that the bugs starve to death. The gene's role in ...

Several K-State Research and Extension publications related to insect management in Kansas were recently updated and are ...

Wheat is a staple crop that provides 20 percent of the world population’s caloric and human protein intake, and which is particularly making headlines as being among Ukrainian grains that were being ...

Recent research pins the total monetary damage from crop insect pests in Western Canada at an annual average of $203.6 ...