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Wheat farmers in Colorado outsmart pesky insect known to topple acres of crop

Published September 6, 2022 at 12:11 PM CDT

Colorado wheat farmers aren’t just combatting drought. They’re battling a pesky insect that’s proven to obliterate fields.

Rae Solomon of KUNC reports on how farmers are getting ahead of it.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.

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