pest management

UI Owl Box Program Works To Help Farmers Address Pest Problems
UI Owl Box Program Works To Help Farmers Address Pest Problems
UI Owl Box Program Works To Help Farmers Address Pest Problems
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...
OSU Awarded Money To Slow The Spread Of Herbicide Resistant Weeds
OSU Awarded Money To Slow The Spread Of Herbicide Resistant Weeds
OSU Awarded Money To Slow The Spread Of Herbicide Resistant Weeds
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.   While...
Eastern Oregon Preparing For Grasshoppers
Eastern Oregon Preparing For Grasshoppers
Eastern Oregon Preparing For Grasshoppers
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...
Don’t Transport Pests This Spring
Don’t Transport Pests This Spring
Don’t Transport Pests This Spring
Planning an outdoor activity soon this spring? Are you planning on traveling? 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 ...
Problems From Flies Not A Small Issue For Livestock Industry
Problems From Flies Not A Small Issue For Livestock Industry
Problems From Flies Not A Small Issue For Livestock Industry
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 ...
USDA Focused On Plant Pest And Disease Protection
USDA Focused On Plant Pest And Disease Protection
USDA Focused On Plant Pest And Disease Protection
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 ...
Idaho Pest Survey Underway
Idaho Pest Survey Underway
Idaho Pest Survey Underway
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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