Farmers need to be on the watch for sugarcane aphids again this year, and start looking now. These pale yellow, gray or tan colored insects with black “tailpipes”, feet and antennae can be found on the underside of sorghum leaves.  This insect is known to feed on grain and forage sorghum (Sudan grass, sorghum/Sudan hybrids) and Johnsongrass. So start looking now at those leaves.  Sugarcane aphids need living sorghum or Johnsongrass plants to persist. Small colonies of SCA can be found on Johnsongrass throughout the winter in the… Read More →