South Texas Farmers Making Gains in Fight Against Boll Weevils
In the Lower Rio Grande Valley, eradication efforts aimed at the boll weevil — an insect that can destroy the yields of cotton plants — are benefiting in part from the current drought. Full Story
![Field Unit Manager Stephen Daniel of the Texas Boll Weevil Eradication Program checks a boll weevil trap located adjacent to a cotton field in Mustang Ridge, Texas, Aug. 14, 2013. Daniel uses a TBWEP pickup truck as a mobile office where he weekly checks dozens of traps for the pest insect outside of Austin.](https://thumbnails.texastribune.org/4SjIREHYLMloA-pBgZjLJz4-ANY=/850x570/smart/filters:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2013/08/14/_MG_9085.jpg)