pests

Asian needle ant. (Joe MacGown | Mississippi State University)
Midwestern Region, Missouri, Regional Roundup, Video

What you needle to know about the Asian needle ant

The Asian needle ant, with its painful sting and potential impacts on both people and forests, has now been confirmed in Missouri. Read More

Chad Godsey listens to a question. (Journal photo by Dave Bergmeier.)
Corn, Crops, Dave Bergmeier, Disease, Editors

Weeds and diseases crimp growers

Dave Begmeier
Animal Health, Beef, beef, Cow Calf, Dave Bergmeier, Editors, Feeder, Livestock, Seedstock, Stocker

Vigilance key to stopping New World screwworm

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.)

BASF announces EPA approval of Zorina fungicide

Organic green beans being harvested out of garden. (Adobe Stock │ #281095678 - tab62)

Green beans: how to grow it

In the spring field young alfalfa grows. (Adobe Stock │ #261830518 - orestligetka)

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