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Pasture mealybugs have killed off huge swaths of grasses in the Southeast

NPR | By Michael Marks
Published November 5, 2026 at 4:00 PM MST

An invasive insect that's tough to detect and eliminate poses a multi-billion dollar threat to the agricultural economy — adding another stressor to farmers already stretched by high costs.

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