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July 11, 2022St. Joseph, Mo. |  By: Tyrell Childress

Farmers encouraged to watch out for beetle

crops

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. - Farmers in our listening area should keep a lookout for infestations of Japanese beetles.

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Wayne Flanary, field specialist in agronomy at the University of Missouri Extension Office, urges farmers to look around the outside of their corn and soybean fields for beetles with a metallic green color and copper brown wings.

For more information you can call the MU Extension Office at 816-270-1691