date:Sep 24, 2019
a Farmington growers broccoli fields four times to examine crops that werent growing normally.
As is typical in a new pest situation, I wasnt able to figure out what was going on at first. Fuller said it was three weeks ago that he discovered the insect. Verification that it was swede midge wasnt confirmed until last week. He worked with Karen Coluzzi, the invasive insect specialist with the Maine Department of Agriculture. She sent specimens to the United States Dept. of Agriculture for an of