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 ...

BROOKINGS, S.D. -- The cooler-than-normal spring temperatures will most likely delay normal emergence of leafy spurge flea beetles, which is a bio-control agent because their life cycle is based on ...

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 ...

Using sheep to control leafy spurge works best if it's done in the spring every year, according to a new study. Using sheep to control leafy spurge works best if it's done in the spring every year, ...

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 ...

With the help of the weed-eating flea beetle, researchers significantly reduced infestations of a non-native plant, leafy spurge, on Montana rangeland. The good news is that this biological method of ...

LOWRY, S.D. (KELO)– Leafy spurge is a noxious weed that can be hard for producers to get under control in a pasture and is also toxic to cattle. However, at Rock Hills Ranch in rural Lowry, owners ...

March’s Weed of the Month, leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula) is an invader of pastures, forage, grasslands, and ditches. It is native to Eurasia and has become widespread throughout the United States.

MOSCOW, Idaho — Madison County rancher Galen Lusk has grown accustomed to finding isolated patches of leafy spurge within his dryland pastures in recent years. This season, however, a wet spring ...

BROOKINGS — One of the many challenges producers face each year is weed control. Leafy spurge, in particular, can be difficult to manage. “Weed control is highly dependent on weather,” said Paul O.

March’s Weed of the Month, leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula) is an invader of pastures, forage, grasslands, and ditches. It is native to Eurasia and has become widespread throughout the United States.