Scott D. Stewart's research and extension programs at the University of Tennessee are partially supported by grants and contracts from Tennessee cotton, corn and soybean commodity boards, the USDA, ...

The Adamawa State Government has launched an aggressive pest control campaign aimed at protecting dry season crops from the ...

Fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) is an invasive agricultural pest, which first hit West Africa in 2016 and quickly spread across the continent. Experts have now found that the pest’s impact on ...

Fall armyworm has spread across more than 100 countries worldwide, setting unprecedented challenges for farmers, especially in the developing world. The predator’s resilience is resulting in the ...

Complaints about fall armyworm numbers on Arkansas farms have dropped off after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency granted a temporary registration exemption earlier this month allowing farmers ...

As grasshoppers invade drought-stricken fields in North Dakota and Montana, in the South, heavy rains and flooding in late May and early June are causing a different issue, an army of fall armyworms ...

An infestation of fall armyworm has spread rapidly across Africa since it first appeared on the continent in 2016; it’s now been reported in 44 countries, with 80 different types of crops affected.

Homeowners, farmers and golf course managers in spotty locations across Pennsylvania have seen their lawns, grain fields and golf course roughs devastated in the past few weeks by hordes of ...

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BAN NONG TOR, Thailand/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Looking out at his empty, red-earth field, Thai farmer Puang Timdon said his two-week-old maize crop didn't stand a chance against the fall armyworm pest. ...

Tiny troops are marching — and munching — through lawns across the country, leaving grass and plants dead in their wake. Experts say a particularly widespread and intense outbreak of armyworms is ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Across the Northeast, Midwest, South, and Southwest United States, homeowners are watching with horror as their lawns turn from green to brown, sometimes in less than 48 hours, and ...