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Montana State University Extension
Montana, Regional Roundup, Western Region

2025 Pest Management Tour

Montana State University’s Extension Pesticide Education Program is offering a pest management tour for pesticide applicators. Read More

A tractor is towing a merger on a cut alfalfa (hay) field. (iStock │ #477657325 - BanksPhotos)
Alfalfa, Central Region, Crops, Forage Crops, Nebraska, Wheat

Learn, network and grow: Southeast Nebraska Alfalfa and Wheat Expo returns Sept. 19

PLANT MEMORY — Researchers with the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station have shown how soybean plants can pass on adaptive traits to progeny after experiencing drought and herbivory (U of A System Division of Agriculture photo by Manish Gautam)
Crops, research, Soybeans

Study: Soybeans seem to inherit the bad memories of their parents

Dry grass texture showing dehydration and damage during drought, needing water and care. (iStock │ #2216969856 - Adil bouimama)

Why is my lawn turning brown?

The Western corn rootworm Diabrotica virgifera virgifera is one of the most devastating corn rootworm species. (Adobe Stock │ #458018663 - Tomasz)

Pest forecasts heating up after a relatively cold winter

Sunflowers (Photo courtesy of Amberlyn Brown.)

Sunflowers encountered fewer pests in Kansas

London guards uniform. (Adobe Stock │ #113827967 - magann)

Long before lab-made colors, cactus bugs put the red in ‘redcoats’

Agronomist examining damaged corn leaf , Corn leaves attacked by worms in maize field. (Photo: iStock - Nikhil Patil)

Free pest management guides available from SDSU

A small piglet in the farm. Swine in a stall. Shallow depth of field portrait of young pig in the farm.

Plan now to mitigate insect problems next summer

Brown marmorated stink bug on wall, upside down. (Photo: iStock - Petra Richli)

Seal your home to keep insects from spending the winter with you

Alfalfa. (Journal photo by Kylene Scott.)

Panelists share how field management, baling impact hay crop