While a lot of corn has been harvested across the country, more than 50% percent of the crop was still in fields going into this week, according to USDA. With that in mind, Ken Ferrie is encouraging ...

Yellow sticky traps are a safe way to remove aphids. Purchase a couple of yellow sticky traps and place them near the plants.

South Dakota State University researchers are seeing more soybean aphids in monitoring plots. The increase in soybean aphid numbers means producers should step up scouting efforts, but they also ...

We have a blue spruce that we got from Bookcliff many years ago. I noticed this spring that something is eating away at the leaves. We had a tree "expert" stop by and he found little black insects.

AMES, Iowa - Two Iowa State University researchers are examining a new method of controlling soybean aphids without the use of chemical pesticides. Bryony Bonning, professor of entomology, and Allen ...

A pantry fix is racing through sheds and allotments as budgets tighten and green-minded growers trade tips, trials and doubts. Across the UK, social feeds and community noticeboards are buzzing about ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — An insect no bigger than a comma is being studied as a natural predator that farmers could use instead of chemicals to protect the nation’s soybean crop from aphids. The question ...

It's time to start working on managing pests in your fruit and landscape trees this year. Springtime is starting, even if it is delayed a bit from the normal timing. Given the huge differences in ...

Are your garden plants stunted, shriveled, yellowing, or curling at the leaves, despite your best efforts to keep them alive? Check the undersides of the leaves, and you might find the culprit: large ...