Scouting is a critical component of integrated pest management for soybeans — you need to know which pests are present to effectively manage them. Careful scouting for pests — both harmful and ...

Invasive insect species bring a host of health, social, ecological and economic consequences, including crop damage, food insecurity, biodiversity loss, ecosystem disruption, human disease ...

Stanislaus County supervisors declared a local emergency Tuesday over a pest that threatens to decimate tomato crops. A small insect called the beet leafhopper feeds on tomato plants and spreads a ...

(Beyond Pesticides, November 2, 2021) Cover crops create habitat that draw in pest predators and help mitigate crop injury, finds research published in the journals Agroecosystems and Biological ...

As a former realtor, general contractor and greenhouse operator, Kristi has touched nearly all aspects of homeownership, from the foundation up. Today, Kristi is a full-time investing and real estate ...

Growing a vegetable garden is plenty of work on its own without worrying that your efforts will be ruined by hungry pests. One of the crops where this is the biggest concern is tomatoes, which attract ...

The use of agricultural chemicals to control insect pests and diseases in crops is the most effective method. However, with the increase of lifestyle diseases like cancer linked to the use of ...

As well as feeding the global population, agriculture employs almost a fifth of the world's employees. Despite being one of the largest, and oldest, industries, farming faces major challenges from ...

Scouting fields for pest problems is a vital component of crop health and yield outcome. “Yet too many producers don’t rank scouting high enough on their list of priori-ties,” says Ken Ferrie, Farm ...