Winter garden row crops, such as sorghum, will be discussed during the Jan. 29 Winter Garden Row Crop Conference in Hondo. (Texas A&M AgriLife photo by Laura McKenzie)

Winter Garden Row Crop Conference set for Jan. 29

Inspect the limbs of fresh-cut Christmas trees to help ensure insect pests don’t end up spending the holidays indoors. (Photo by Mitchell Alcala, OSU Agriculture)

Oh Christmas tree, oh Christmas tree, how lovely are thy … insects?

Janet Hurley, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service integrated pest management program specialist, Dallas, will be the instructor of a Sept. 27 public school pest management coordinator training in Amarillo. (Texas A&M AgriLife photo.)

Get trained in integrated pest management

Janet Hurley, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service integrated pest management program specialist, Dallas, will be the instructor of a Sept. 27 public school pest management coordinator training in Amarillo. (Texas A&M AgriLife photo.)

Integrated Pest Management coordinator training set for Sept. 27 in Amarillo

(Photo courtesy of Kansas State University Research and Extension.)

Project will form network that aims to deliver sorghum seed trait technology for farmers 

Jeff Whitworth, associate professor of entomology at Kansas State University, discusses the insects that have been the most prevalent in wheat and sorghum the last few years. (Journal photo by Lacey Vilhauer.)

Nasty insects in wheat and sorghum