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Community Care and the library are partners this year.

 E-Mail IMAGE: Corn rows as far as the eye can see in Buchanan County, Iowa. view more  Credit: Original image from Carol M. Highsmiths America, Library of Congress collection. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. A lurking threat that has stymied US corn growers for decades is now returning to the forefront: western corn rootworm. Sometimes referred to as the "billion-dollar bug," the species tiny larvae chew through the roots of corn plants, causing devastating yield losses. In 2003, far...