Stinkbugs are continuing to build throughout the St. Lawrence area. Numbers are highest in sorghum and quite a few producers have been using the the sorghum as a trap crop and spraying the stinkbugs before they move in to the cotton. As far as cotton is concerned, they are very sporadic at this time. Over the past past 2 days I have checked fields from Howard Co. to south of St. Lawrence into Reagan Co. I found a couple of fields that were at the economic threshold (2… Read More →

New pest found in Concho Valley sorghum crops No control needed yet for sugarcane aphid, but situation is being closely monitored, expert says Writer: Steve Byrns, 325-653-4576, s-byrns@tamu.edu Contact: Rick Minzenmayer, 325-365-5212, r-minzenmayer@tamu.edu BALLINGER – Sugarcane aphids have jumped their primary host crop sugarcane, and have landed in the Concho Valley, a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert warns. Rick Minzenmayer, AgriLife Extension entomologist for Runnels and Tom Green counties, said the pest is not new in the U.S., but what is new is its rapidly expanding range… Read More →