pests

Zorina fungicide helps deliver reliable disease protection across soybeans, canola and dry beans, helping growers maximize yield potential with a single, powerful solution. (Courtesy photo.)
Canola, Cotton, EPA, Machinery, New Products, Soybeans, Tools and Tech

BASF announces EPA approval of Zorina fungicide

BASF has announced the Environmental Protection Agency has approved Zorina fungicide to help fight white mold. Read More

Organic green beans being harvested out of garden. (Adobe Stock │ #281095678 - tab62)
Home and Family, Horticulture, Horticulture, Outdoors

Green beans: how to grow it

In the spring field young alfalfa grows. (Adobe Stock │ #261830518 - orestligetka)
Alfalfa, Crops, Iowa, Midwestern Region

2025 alfalfa weevil egg hatch starts



If you receive seeds in the mail that you didn't order, do not plant them. They could be invasive species or harbor pests or diseases harmful to native plants, insects, crops and livestock. (2020 Missouri Department of Agriculture file photo)

Don’t plant seeds you didn’t order

  • By Linda Geist │ University of Missouri Extension
Kerry Siders, Extension integrated pest management agent with Texas AgriLife Extension Service in Hockley and Cochran counties. (Courtesy photo.)

Nematodes consolidating factor in early pest management

Neatening up the lawn in autumn or fall using a lawnmower to cut and bag the grass and dead leaves under trees alongside the road (Photo: iStock - Ozgur Coskun)

Checklist for September yard and garden tasks

Grasshopper (Photo by Alice Whyte, Vilas, North Carolina.)

In the garden: Am I growing plants, or feeding grasshoppers?

  • By Pat Melgares │ K-State Research and Extension
Fall garden

Gardening tips for late summer splendor

  • By JayDee Gunnell | Utah State University Extension
Female horse flies can be stubborn, aggressive blood feeders. Reports of the pest have not been high so far, but they are expected to increase in areas that received heavy rains over recent weeks. (Bart Drees/Texas A&M AgriLife)

Livestock, humans at risk of painful bites as horse fly populations increase

PHOTO: Learn what to look for and how to maintain backyard gardens, porch plants, and landscapes during the summer months. (Photo by Ken Johnson, Illinois Extension) 

Tips for getting landscape plants through summer

Digging in garden beds. Weeding weeds in the garden. (Photo: iStock - Anna Solovei)

June Gardening Tips and Checklist

  • By JayDee Gunnell | Utah State University Extension