Two graduate students in Montana State University’s College of Agriculture have published new research on two aspects of management for one of the region’s most damaging agricultural pests. Wheat stem sawflies cost agricultural producers millions of dollars in losses each year, according to the Montana Wheat and Barley Committee. Surveys conducted by the National Agricultural Statistics Service

Spelling bee winners at Froid school are (from left) Bryce Murray in first, Alex Spindler in second, Crew Dethman in third, Colby Parenteau, in fourth, Jhett Davidson in fifth and alternate Celia Sundheim. (Photo submitted)