Researchers and extension specialists from four different states received the Friends of IPM Pulling Together Award at the Southwestern Branch of the Entomological Society of America meeting in February. Because of the proactive actions of Texas A&M AgrLife Extension and research entomologists and the collaboration across state lines, grain sorghum producers were spared losses in the hundreds of millions. In Texas alone, sorghum is planted on 1.25 million acres and brings a value to the state of $160 million dollars each year. Continue reading
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