pests

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

2025 alfalfa weevil egg hatch starts

Above average temperatures has pushed alfalfa weevil development too, Iowa State University researchers report. Read More

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)
Ag News, Home and Family, Midwestern Region, Missouri

Don’t plant seeds you didn’t order

Kerry Siders, Extension integrated pest management agent with Texas AgriLife Extension Service in Hockley and Cochran counties. (Courtesy photo.)
Cotton, Cotton, Crops, Oklahoma, Soil Health, Texas

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
The soybean midge gall can be devastating to fields, says K-State entomologist Anthony Zukoff. (Photo: Courtesy of K-State Research and Extension news service)

Soybean gall midge shows up in two Kansas counties

  • By Jacob Klaudt │ K-State Research and Extension news service

Stripe rust a concern in Oklahoma wheat