1+ week, 4+ day ago   (568+ words) Local news for metro Atlanta A grass-eating invasive pest has been spotted in Georgia, and it could mean further headaches for cattle ranchers and farmers. The pasture mealybug has been spreading across the Southeast since it was first confirmed in…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (324+ words) Georgia is no stranger to invasive species, with kudzu, Japanese knotweed, the spotted lanternfly, Argentine tegus and more threatening the state. Now, there’s a new entrant to the list: the pasture mealybug. Houseplant enthusiasts may already be familiar with a…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1085+ words) Most years, April is a busy time at Lee Nunn Farms, a 1,600-acre family farm near Madison. The corn is already in the ground and reaching skyward. The damp soil in other fields, recharged by winter rains, is being prepped…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (378+ words) Agriculture officials in Colorado have a warning: look out for Asian jumping worms. The Colorado Department of Agriculture issued an invasive pest alert this week for the invertebrates sometimes called the “crazy worm” or “snake worm,” KDVR reported. They are…...

8+ mon, 4+ week ago   (526+ words) Conservation groups and their state and federal partners cheered the completion of a deal Monday they say will protect more than 10,000 acres of ecologically valuable and endangered forests straddling the Alabama-Georgia border. The Conservation Fund, a nonprofit specializing in acquiring…...