ISPRA, Italy, Aug. 27 (TNSres)-- The European Commission's Joint Research Center issued the following news on Aug. 26, 2024: According to the August edition of the JRC MARS Bulletin crop monitoring in Europe (https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC136664), yield forecasts at EU level have been revised downwards for almost all crops, due to exceptionally hot conditions in the south and excessive rainfall in the north * * * [View Alert Map in the link at bottom.] * * * S  more

STILLWATER, Oklahoma, Aug. 27 -- Oklahoma State University issued the following news: Sorghum producers discovered a new pest in their crops on the Gulf Coast of Texas in the summer of 2013. Less than a year later, the sorghum aphid (known at the time as the sugarcane aphid) decimated Oklahoma sorghum, causing more than a 40% reduction in grain yields and thousands of dollars in economic losses for farmers. Having no familiarity with the sorghum aphid, most producers didn't realize how quickly  more