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LSU: Aphid Infestations Lead to Temporary Approval for Insecticide Use in Sugarcane
July 23, 2020
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, July 23 -- The Louisiana State University Ag Center issued the following news release:

Louisiana sugarcane growers received an exemption to use an insecticide to combat severe aphid infestations.

The Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry submitted the crisis exemption, and the Environmental Protection Agency approved the temporary use of Sivanto (flupyradifurone) in Louisiana sugarcane.

Sugarcane farmers can use it from Ju . . .

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