New invasive pest continues to be a problem for sugarcane as harvest begins
September 30, 2026
September 30, 2026
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Sept. 30 -- The Louisiana State University Ag Center issued the following news:
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New invasive pest continues to be a problem for sugarcane as harvest begins
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(09/30/26) PORT ALLEN, La. -On a Monday morning at a sugarcane farm in Port Allen, LSU AgCenter entomologist Blake Wilson and two student workers pushed through green and yellow cane stalks on a field's border and into the interior rows. There, they found . . .
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New invasive pest continues to be a problem for sugarcane as harvest begins
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(09/30/26) PORT ALLEN, La. -On a Monday morning at a sugarcane farm in Port Allen, LSU AgCenter entomologist Blake Wilson and two student workers pushed through green and yellow cane stalks on a field's border and into the interior rows. There, they found . . .