Though I would rather write about flowers and trees, sometimes a weed really needs to be brought to your attention. Leafy ...

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 ...

DICKINSON, N.D. - On a pristine morning in the grassy fields skirting Dickinson, a gathering of families patrolled a pasture, sweeping nets across the knee-high forests at their feet. They were ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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, ...

I received a call last week from a local producer who asked about managing leafy spurge in his pastures and the grazing restrictions after making a herbicide application. Leafy spurge is an aggressive ...

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 ...

The ideas for many of my articles are often triggered by something I notice on my daily dog walks. When walking by the river in Chief Whitecap dog park at the end of June, I noticed a very large ...

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 ...

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.