Texas producers are facing a mixed bag of rain and drought according to Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service experts.

Four months ago, the government cut funding to agricultural labs. Kansas farmers and researchers say they can see the damage.

LINCOLN — Sorghum stands as one of the world’s leading cereal crops, growing in producer popularity due to its drought resistance at a time of major climate concern. The United ...

While there’s no reason for alarm, a pair of Kansas extension agents are urging the state’s sorghum producers to be on the lookout for a couple of pests that have recently shown up in this ...

The sugarcane aphid was first found in sorghum in the United States in 2013, in a few fields in South Texas and Louisiana, but did not become a serious problem until 2015 when it infested hundreds ...

Grain sorghum producers are reporting sugarcane aphids in the High Plains, but the pest has made little impact on the Texas crop during 2020, according to Texas A&M AgriLife Extension ...

AMARILLO – Gene expression in sugarcane aphid-resistant sorghum varieties at times when they are most prevalent in the Texas Panhandle were the focus of a recent Texas A&M AgriLife Research ...

LINCOLN — Sorghum is related to sugar cane, and in the past few years, the sugar cane aphid has become a serious pest in Nebraska sorghum fields. University of Nebraska-Lincoln ...

Sorghum 3-Deoxyanthocyanidin Flavonoids Confer Resistance against Corn Leaf Aphid. Journal of Chemical Ecology , 2019; DOI: 10.1007/s10886-019-01062-8 Cite This Page : ...

Greenhouse experiments with similar potted sorghum plants demonstrated that the aphids clearly preferred to feed and reproduce on null y1 plants, and the adults produced many more nymphs.