Darrell Deneke remembers the initial skepticism years ago about using flea beetles to control leafy spurge, one of the Upper Midwest's most dangerous weeds. "But biocontrols are pretty well accepted ...

Leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula) is a creeping perennial native to Eurasia. It was most likely introduced into the U.S. as a contaminate in seed. It invades rangelands, roadsides, pastures and riparian ...

Leafy spurge is toxic to wildlife and crowds out native plants The cost to ranchers is estimated to be $35 million per year Scientists want to use AI to better identify and fight the plant A team of ...

RURAL VALLEY CITY, N.D. - Barnes County Weed Control Officer Jim McAllister stood in a pasture that a decade ago was filled with tightly bunched leafy spurge. Cattle wouldn't eat the weed, and so the ...

The Whitehall Project will be collecting leafy spurge-eating insects (several species of the leafy spurge flea beetle Aphthona) and making them available to the public. If you would like some of these ...

FARGO — Last year, my family instituted a new tradition — spraycation. During the last week of June, we all simultaneously take a week of PTO to help my Dad battle the bane of his 90-odd years of ...

BROOKINGS, S.D. -- South Dakota State University Extension and the South Dakota Department of Agriculture encourage landowners to collect and redistribute leafy spurge beetles in their pastures. "With ...

I found leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula) in my yard yesterday. It’s a creeping-spreading perennial from Eurasia that grows to 3 feet tall. It’s most often found on range land, ditch banks, pastures, ...