Bringing in weed-attacking pests is a laborious process but it’s often the only option for pastures
The insect-gobbling critters can eat their own weight in bugs each night, including farm pests
Reading Time: 3 minutes Bats aren’t pretty and their reputation isn’t either. But the insect-gobbling critters are friends of farmers — and they need help from producers, says the co-ordinator of the Alberta Community Bat Program. “In Canada, all of our bats are eating bugs — insects and spiders,” said biologist Cory Olson. “Their diets are fairly diverse, but […] Read more
Dry conditions, delayed seeding lift pest counts
U of A researchers using advanced tech to find what’s on the menu of your insect allies
Two Ontario enterprises that raise crickets and turn them into protein powder are expanding
Bertha army worms get the biggest red flag in three new pest monitoring reports
Results from the 2020 pea leaf weevil survey and the Plot2Farm trials are now available
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