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Every fall for years, Deborah McCullough and her husband fished salmon from Western Michigan’s Betsie River. “It’s a little river, and it was shaded, and you knew there was going to be big salmon in ...
Farmers in dozens of countries have embraced crops genetically engineered to produce proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt ...
We definitely have peach tree borers in our nectarine tree. The trunk is pretty much encircled by the sap oozing just above the ground level. What insecticide should I apply to the trunk and saturate ...
Apple orchards throughout the Northeast witnessed a spate of rapid apple-tree decline (RAtD) in the past few years. It was ...
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... It was almost a year ago that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal ...
EMERALD ASH BORER The emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis) is a destructive, invasive wood‐boring pest of ash trees ...
Despite the challenges, lovebug splatters are more of an annoyance than a serious threat. The emerald ash borer is less of a swarming insect but no less destructive. It’s noteworthy here for its ...
As DA’s crop protection hub, RCPC promotes research, innovation, and collaboration to ensure sustainable pest control. Its ...
The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) has confirmed Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) confirmed in Aitkin County for the first time. The invasive insect has now been spotted in 54 counties total ...
By Sadiqur Rahman In February, during the flowering time of black cumin (Nigella sativa), beekeeper Pavel Hossen set up an apiary on leased barren land adjacent to farmer Abdul Hakim’s crop field in ...
This photo provided by Qiong Wu in March 2025 shows an ancient wasp, preserved in amber from Myanmar, whose back end resembles a Venus flytrap plant. (Qiong Wu via AP) ...