It even survives the winter by living in the roots of cereal crops like wheat. Farmers sound the alarm over rapid spread of ...

Giant reed (Arundo donax L.) is emerging as a highly promising energy crop due to its exceptional growth rate, adaptability to diverse environmental conditions and high biomass yields.

First detected in German sugar beet crops in 2008, the reed leafhopper has since spread to potatoes and now poses a growing threat to peppers, tomatoes, chard, celery, asparagus, onions, and beetroot.

Koby Reed was a cotton trader who expanded on how that works. ... unfortunately, this is 30 days too late, you know dry land we were set up to have a great crop,” Reed said.

Crop insurance is more of a safety net, but it doesn't cover the entire cost of a lost crop. As of late August, Reed had started combining. A bad crop of corn makes it hard to calibrate the combine.