Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller has issued an emergency action regarding the latest invasive pest threatening cotton crops.
Texas has imposed strict quarantines in affected counties to attempt to mitigate further spread. Commissioner Miller called this pest a “ticking bomb” for the state’s agriculture:
Cotton fuels our rural economy—we can’t let it ravage yields. We’ve contained it so far, but this quarantine buys time to outsmart and crush it, protecting farmers, ranchers, and growers.
Texas’ Latest Cotton Pest
What invasive pest is Commissioner Miller referring to? That would be the two-spotted cotton leafhopper, AKA the cotton jassid…