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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Field days have been scheduled at several North Dakota sites to collect and redistribute flea beetles that eat leafy spurge. People interested in acquiring some of the bugs to release on their own ...

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, ...

(NewsNation) — A team of researchers is using artificial intelligence in hopes of saving U.S. ranchers $35 million spent keeping an invasive plant in check. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University ...