WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Purdue University entomologist Dick Shade calls the potato leafhopper the most insidious pest an Indiana alfalfa field ever had. Private alfalfa breeder Mark McCaslin calls it ...

LUCAN, Minn. - When John Deprez of Lucan checked his alfalfa field he saw lots of insects. The infestation prompted him to call Extension IPM specialist Bruce Potter at the University of Minnesota ...

The migratory potato leafhopper causes untold millions of dollars in damage every year. A study by entomologists suggests that climate warming could be making this problem worse. Using data that span ...

Crops are looking very good in Coshocton County. There were a few fields that required replanting this spring, but all in all we we’ve been in much better shape than many farms in other parts of Ohio.

If you grow alfalfa, now is the time to scout those fields for potato leafhoppers. Integrated pest management (IPM) scouts are finding potato leafhoppers (PLH) widely distributed across a number of ...

WOOSTER, Ohio – Now is the time to be on the lookout for the potato leafhopper, a pest that can cause significant economic losses for alfalfa growers by reducing yields and quality, says an ...

First-cutting hay has been coming off the fields during the nice stretches of weather, and to me, there is no sweeter smell than freshly cut hay. Our alfalfa pest, the alfalfa weevil, likely is ...

I'd like to pass along this information from Bruce Anderson, UNL forage specialist. Potato leafhoppers are tiny, yellowish-green, wedge-shaped insects. They often blow into our region from the ...

Covering a small patch of potatoes with insect mesh has highlighted the potential damage leafhopper species might be doing to the UK crop. Grown under the mesh, the processing variety Markies was ...

The potato leafhopper is the most destructive insect pest of alfalfa in our region, and with regular 80-degree temperatures just around the corner, these serious pests will be here in force. It can be ...

A set of trials carried out by VCS Potatoes, Provenance Potatoes and Blackthorn Arable involving the insect mesh, funded by Cambridge University Potato Growers Research Association (Cupgra) has ...