Dear Dan, I wrote in a while ago to see if you would do an article on root aphids but haven’t seen one. I believe these are more common than people think, especially soil growers. They hide on the ...

Aphids are found across nearly every cropping system, and their adaptability is part of what makes them so persistent. But ...

Ants farm aphids. They care for them, offer protection, and literally “farm” them – much like humans farm their livestock. Picture ants wearing the frayed straw hat, dirty blue dungarees or coveralls, ...

Aphids flourish and spread because they reproduce at an almost unbelievable speed that shocks many gardeners. Did you know ...

This week on Backyard Farmer we return to the studio to focus on aphid control and summer turf tips. This week on Backyard Farmer we return to the studio to focus on aphid control and summer turf tips ...

Aphids are very common in most home gardens and they can be one of the peskiest pests that you can find in your vegetable garden. Aphids have tiny (adults are under a quarter inch), soft pear-shaped ...

Early-season soybean pests often arrive before growers expect them. Bean leaf beetle populations often peak just as seedlings emerge. Around the same time, soybean aphids, having migrated off ...