I'd like to pass along this information from Bruce Anderson, UNL forage specialist. Potato leafhoppers are tiny, yellowish-green, wedge-shaped insects. They often blow into our region from the ...

Last summer many alfalfa fields turned yellow and stopped growing because of potato leafhoppers. There are alfalfa varieties to resist these leafhoppers, and new varieties have improved enough to make ...

The Chippewa County UWEX Office and the UW-Madison Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Program will sponsor “Cut, Bale, Scout,” a potato leafhopper scouting program to be held Thursday, June 18 at ...

Scattered infestations of alfalfa weevils and potato leafhoppers have been reported in Minnesota and Wisconsin, says Lee Milligan, Extension educator in St. Croix County, Wis. Infestations are on a ...

ROCHESTER, Minn.- When it comes to managing insects in alfalfa, Bruce Potter suggests a heavy duty sweep net for scouting, one with replaceable parts. "If you don't tear them up, you're not using them ...