In an episode from the first season of “Clarkson’s Farm,” the host delivers a resounding warning about the decline of insect ...

Rice producers have faced myriad issues this year including low commodity prices, a lack of foreign markets, a surge in ...

Crop farmers, agronomists and others who scout crops for insect injury can gain new insight through the latest version of Field Crop Insects. First published in 2012, the latest edition became ...

Pests are expected to eat and breed more, scientists say Rising global temperatures are leading to a boom in the number of insects devouring crops worldwide, and could cause future food shortages, ...

Insects are the most diverse species of animals living on earth with some being beneficial to plants and humans but there are detrimental insects that cause a lot of damage and yield loss in the ...

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service provide a fact sheet on the invasive cotton jassid to protect the future of Texas cotton ...

UF/IFAS warns farmers and gardeners of the destructive two-spot cotton leafhopper. A new invasive pest, the two-spot cotton ...

Food production disruptions, such as Latvia's cabbage crisis, demonstrate how changing weather patterns hurt both agricultural livelihoods and food security. Farmers who depend on predictable growing ...

Specialty crop growers are on alert for a new pest of concern making its mark in South Florida farms and nurseries: the ...

Insects already eat between 5 and 20 percent of the most important grain crops produced around the world — and new research finds that they could be responsible for even more crop damage in the near ...

Good news for crop farmers this week with UK scientists discovering molecules they hope will confuse insects’ sense of smell and therefore their ability to detect plants – and each other. The ...

Researchers studying data from 600 fields in 20 countries have found that managed honey bees are not as successful at pollinating crops as wild insects, primarily wild bees, suggesting the continuing ...