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Archive Home > 2006 > August > 04 > Area farmers battle beetles with wasps

Area farmers battle beetles with wasps

By Jeff McDonald / The Bulletin
August 4, 2006

Central Oregon farmers are experimenting with new ways to battle a crop-eating pest, the cereal leaf beetle, that has worked its way across the nation.

The beetle, which feeds on grasses and the leaves of cereal crops - including spring and winter wheat, barley and oats - reached Oregon in 1999....

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