Forage producers around the state are battling fall armyworms and taking protective measures to defend high value pastures and fields for hay and grazing, according to Texas A&M AgriLife Extension ...
Armyworms, the destructive caterpillar that can invade and destroy a green lawn in days, are on a rampage this year. Thomas Kuhar, an entomology professor at Virginia Tech, said armyworms in 2021 ...
Weedy fields also are the perfect home for destructive armyworms. “They don’t call them fall armyworm for nothing,” Lorenz says. “They usually strike late, but this year they started early.
Within two days of armyworms invading her yard, Julie Kocher's plush green lawn, which she said used to feel like a soft carpet to walk on, turned into a withered swathe of brown grass that looked ...
He says while the alfalfas seems to be the biggest victim to armyworms in Ohio this year, though they are also taking over cover crops, turf grass, sorghum and all forages. “The moth actually ...