WHEAT, ALFALFA PRODUCERS NEED TO CHECK FOR ARMY CUTWORMS
AMARILLO — Local entomologists are asking area wheat producers to watch for emerging army cutworms. The pests have been identified as infesting wheat in the north central portion of the Texas Panhandle and in southwest Kansas alfalfa fields. According to Dr. Carl Patrick, entomologist with the Texas Agricultural Extension Service in Amarillo, the army cutworm…