Most of the grain has vanished from Terrell Sorensen’s 50-acre barley field in southern Bannock County’s Swan Lake area, but the hordes of grasshoppers that moved in during late June remain.
In the fight against pests, the University of Idaho is looking to the skies. Jason Thomas said University of Idaho Extension has a long-running project, building, distributing and monitoring wooden houses for nesting barn owls, primarily in the SE corner of the state. Roughly...
With the cold temperatures and snowy conditions as of late, growers may not be thinking about disease pressures and pest management. But potato growers are encouraged to think about pests like Colorado potato beetle now to ensure a great harvest in 2023.
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Last week, the EPA announced that Oregon State University is one of six programs across the U.S. will split $780,000 from the Pesticide Environmental Stewardship Program. The funds will be used to explore the use of Integrated Pest Management in Agriculture over the next two years.
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After two years of record damage from grasshoppers, Eastern Oregonians and the state Department of Agriculture are bracing for another summer of the pests.
“Some areas of Malheur County, last year, they ate all the food out there. And they were kind of concerned about the antelope starving to death. They wer...
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Van Pichler of USDA's Animal and Pant Health Inspection Service advises avoiding and preventing hitchhikers; the evasive planter pest variety that can cause unwanted infestation and threaten native plant species
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The Washington State Department of Agriculture will host an open house Tuesday to discuss efforts to eradicate the Japanese beetle. During the event, which runs from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., WSDA will share its plans to eradicate the invasive beetle
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Whether you’re a beef producer or dairy operator, flies are a problem that livestock owners can’t ignore. Mark Upton, Director of Sales for Feed Additives Group at Central Life Sciences, said to this day some in the industry minimize the damage flies can do, and how challenging it can be to recoup those losses. He added
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It's the latest investment in the nation's invasive plant, pest and plant disease protection infrastructure.
"This includes $63-million in funding for 344 projects across the country under the Plant/Pest/Disease Management and Disaster Program
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The Idaho state Department of Agriculture is conducting its annual pest survey, where thousands of traps go up looking for invasive species that could bring harm to the state’s farming community. The ISDA’s Lloyd Knight said they are looking for Japanese beetles, a few grain pests in wheat and corn, the European Shoot Moth as well as a few others. When it c
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