Stink Bug Becoming Crop-Destroying Nuisance

Stink bug The stink bug is quickly becoming the nuisance pest of the year. Once thought to be harmless to crops, the bug — which entered the United States 12 years ago — is damaging fruit, sweet corn and soybeans. Dairy farmers fear that feed with dead stink bugs in it will make milk that smells like stink bugs. Producers suffering from the foul-smelling pest are advised to use lethal broad-spectrum pesticides to protect their crops. (Lancaster Online) Read more.

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