Armyworms marching to Missouri

Fast-eating insects can clean out a field in a day.
Sunday, May 20, 2007 | 12:00 a.m. CDT; updated 5:42 a.m. CDT, Saturday, July 19, 2008

NEVADA, Mo. — After coping with a severe spring freeze and days of torrential rain, farmers in parts of southern and western Missouri are confronting yet another enemy: armyworms.

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