Giant snails and tiny insects threaten the South's rice and crawfish farms

Farmers in Louisiana are going toe-to-toe with some nasty enemies: apple snails that clog crawfish traps while laying ...
KADN News 15

Acadiana rice farmers face big challenges from tiny bug

Researchers in Acadiana are racing against time to combat a small but potentially devastating pest in the region's rice ...
Opinion

Rice delphacid presents new threat to MS crop

STARKVILLE – Rice delphacid is a plant hopper that has been damaging Texas rice since 2015, and this invasive threat to Southern rice production made its appearance in Mississippi last ...

Researchers hunt for invasive insect in Louisiana rice fields

Researchers in Louisiana are on the lookout for a tiny bug that has the potential to wipe out rice fields. After its discovery last summer, they have been racing around the state to sample for rice ...
Baton Rouge Business Report

Invasive pests are threatening Louisiana rice and crawfish

Josh Courville has harvested crawfish his whole life, but these days he’s finding a less welcome catch in some of the fields he manages in south Louisiana. Snails. Big ones. For every crawfish ...
Texarkana Gazette

Miller County, Arkansas, rice farms struggle with invasive insect that could have major impact on nation’s supply

Support journalism that digs deeper into topics that matter most to ArkLaTex. Donate today to preserve the quality and integrity of local journalism. MILLER COUNTY, Ark. -- An insect that has made its ...
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Small bugs in California rice fields are making a huge impact for salmon

THE SACRAMENTO RIVER IS DWINDLING. AND THAT HAS LOCAL SCIENTISTS CONCERNED. FOR YEARS, THEY’VE WORKED TO FIND A SOLUTION. AND NOW, AS KCRA 3’S JASON MARKS SHOWS US, THEY BELIEVE THEY MAY HAVE FOUND AN ...