They usually live in the corn fields, but because harvesting has begun, they're coming out to play. The small black bugs have a mighty bite, but McElrath said they do not pose any negative health ...

Farmers in Argentina are struggling to contain an infestation of leafhopper bugs in the country’s %Corn fields. A leafhopper is a yellow insect that thrives in hotter temperatures and is ...

Global warming has brought Argentina's corn farmers a dangerous new enemy: a yellow insect just four millimeters (0.16 inch) long that thrives in hotter temperatures and is threatening harvests of ...

Growing drought conditions across the U.S. Corn Belt this summer could take a bite out of what was expected to be a strong crop of corn, wheat and soybeans. Crop futures trading on the Chicago ...

Camila Orti reports.Updated: 7:27 PM CDT Oct 3, 2017 Camila Orti Reporter Minute pirate bugs out in full force, causing painful bites Updated: 7:27 PM CDT Oct 3, 2017 ...

In western central Cordoba province, the main corn region of Argentina, the provincial grain exchange has estimated leafhopper-related corn losses of $1.13 billion.

Those fields had been planted for three to six straight years with Bt corn — a practice that ensured any resistant rootworms could lay their eggs in an area that would offer plenty of food for ...

Agronomic Phenomenon in Corn Strikes Outer Rows of Fields, Strips Yield Some Iowa growers saw huge yield losses this season from a so-called edge effect.

The ‘prolonged’ heat this year has caused a greater appearance of minute pirate bugs in central Illinois, which have been found at the University and in residence halls. Chelsea Hamilton, senior ...

The destructive corn earworm is an annual pest that has become resistant to insecticides and devours tomato and cotton fields, too.

100 years ago July 7, 1922: If an accurate survey of the damage being done in McLean County by chinch bugs could be made, the resulting figures could be larger than anyone might imagine.

One of the nation’s most widely planted crops — a genetically engineered corn plant that makes its own insecticide — may be losing its effectiveness because a major pest appears to be ...