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Showing posts with label pest control. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pest control. Show all posts
Friday, March 13, 2026

Unhappy with the expense of spraying crops with a rig, an N.C. farmer turned to drones. Now he builds them.

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Drones can spray hundreds of acres without damaging crops. (Revolution Drones photo via Farm Journal) As farmers search for every penny in s...
Friday, September 26, 2025

Cotton field project helps farmers and students learn how to outsmart bugs while saving money and time

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Pests are identified by AI as they fly through a light sensor inside this trap. (Photo by D. Mcgee  via The Conversation) Researchers worki...
Wednesday, September 06, 2023

Helping to save the world might start with inviting bugs back; they've got a lot to offer

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Praying mantes are farmers' little helper . (Photo by Rosie Kerr, Unsplash) Entomologists appreciate all sorts of insects, and in his op...
Tuesday, January 03, 2023

Moving to the country can mean having to deal with snakes; the key seems to be eliminating their main prey: mice

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A rattlesnake (Photo by Meg Jerrard, Unsplash) If you move from the city to the country, there are fewer people and a lot more animals; you...
Wednesday, March 23, 2022

White-nose syndrome has nearly wiped out northern long-eared bats, so feds move to declare them endangered

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Northern long-eared bat (Photo by John MacGregor) "Fifteen years after its was first discovered in a New York cave , white-nose syndrom...
Friday, October 09, 2020

Quick hits: EPA weighs ban of chlorpyrifos pesticide; scientists say invasive insects could increase 36% by 2050

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Here's a roundup of stories with rural resonance; if you do or see similar work that should be shared on The Rural Blog, email us at hea...
Tuesday, May 28, 2019

Glyphosate (Roundup) use soars in recent decades, especially in Midwest, as weeds grow more resistant

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Glyphosate use in the U.S. Click the image to enlarge it, or click here for the interactive version. (Map by the Midwest Center for Inv...
Tuesday, April 30, 2019

EPA ordered to decide whether to ban chlorpyrifos for good

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A federal appeals court has ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to make a final decision within 90 days on whether it will ban a p...
Monday, April 22, 2019

2017 Ag Census shows big shift in vegetable cultivation

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What's hot and what's not in vegetables. (Washington Post chart; click on the image to enlarge it.) The recently released 2017 ...
Thursday, May 03, 2018

Feds reconsider explosive cyanide devices used to kill coyotes after Idaho teen poisoned and dog dies

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Federal officials are considering whether to ban the explosive cyanide devices used to kill coyotes and foxes, one year after a Pocatello, ...
Tuesday, January 09, 2018

UV light kills bat-killing fungus; research continues

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A brown bat suffering from white-nose syndrome. (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service photo) Bats decimated by white-nose syndrome could one...
Friday, November 10, 2017

New soybean cultivar expands growing range and season, resists soybean cyst nematodes

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Researchers at Clemson University have developed and released a new soybean cultivar that will extend the soybean planting season and expand...
Thursday, September 14, 2017

Air Force spraying insecticide over 6 million acres in Texas to combat post-Harvey mosquitoes

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Texas is using huge U.S. Air Force planes to spray 6 million acres for mosquitoes breeding in the standing water left by Hurricane Harvey....
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Friday, September 01, 2017

Budget could cut white-nose syndrome research

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Bat with white-nose syndrome ( New York Dept. of Environmental Conservation photo) The fight to eradicate white-nose syndrome in bats ...
Wednesday, July 12, 2017

Cities in Midwest come to rescue of bats threatened by fungus in rural areas but not in cities

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Ten cities across the Midwest are coming to the rescue of rural bat populations that are being killed off by white-nose syndrome, a disease...
Friday, September 02, 2016

Insecticide sprayed from air to fight Zika, without direct warning to beekeepers, kills many S.C. bees

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Photo posted by Flowertown Bee and Farm Supplies Millions of bees have been killed in Dorchester County, South Carolina, with an insect...
Friday, April 01, 2016

White-nose fungus in bats reported for the first time on West Coast

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White nose syndrome, a disease that has killed an estimated seven million bats, has for the first time been reported on the West Coast, in...
Wednesday, March 05, 2014

Obama's budget would cut crop insurance, boost research and rural broadband, help bees

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UPDATE, March 6: The budget proposal also includes cuts in development and housing programs, " including nearly $160 million in cuts t...
Monday, August 19, 2013

White-nose fungus reported in Minnesota bats

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White-nose syndrome has been reported in Minnesota, making it the 23rd state to report the fungus, which has killed nearly 6 million ba...
Tuesday, October 02, 2012

Common use of genetically modified crops leading to rise in pesticide, herbicide use

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Use of genetically modified crops has become commonplace in agriculture, but has led to an increase in use of pesticides and herbicides, ac...