Boll weevils plagued the cotton industry throughout much of the Cotton Belt for almost a century before entomologists and producers executed one of the most successful pest eradication programs in the ...

The city of Enterprise celebrated the 100th anniversary of the boll weevil monument earlier Wednesday evening with a re-dedication ceremony. It was a celebration today as the city of Enterprise ...

A program designed to guard against a pest that could devastate the South Carolina cotton crop just got cheaper and easier for the farmers whose crops it aims to protect. The per-acre assessment ...

ROBSTOWN, Tex. - When Charles Niemann started farming in 1960, he knew the threat of the cotton boll weevil made his livelihood risky. He treated his fields in South Texas with pesticide every few ...

Oct. 22—HARLINGEN — Drive through the Valley, and you can spot them everywhere, the lime green bottles used to trap cotton growers' biggest nemesis, the boll weevil. A small army of inspectors in ...

THOMASVILLE, Ga. (WALB) - On August 12, 1909, Georgia state leaders formally asked the U.S. Congress to award a $5 million prize to the first person to eliminate the boll weevil. Leaders were hoping ...