Pest Control
Randy Krotz Randy Krotz
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Topics: Livestock/Meat, Agriculture US, Pest Control, Education,

This is an excellent article on the current and historic situation with feral hogs.

Skyrocketing number of feral hogs in US has become ‘pig bomb,’ experts say

The illegal transportation of wild pigs on the “underground wild pig railroad” has caused a massive explosion in population for the animals in a term Zoologist John “Jack” Mayer has coined a “pig bomb.”

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TOPIC(S): Livestock/Meat, Pest Control, Insects,

09/15/2020 SOURCE: www.newsweek.com

Asian longhorned ticks found in Connecticut as species continues spread across U.S.

The ticks were spotted for the first time in the United States in 2017.

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John LaRose Jr. John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Soil Health, Pest Control, World Population,

Odors produced by soil microbes attract red fire ants to safer nest sites

Newly mated queens of the red fire ant select nest sites with a relatively low pathogen risk by detecting odors produced by soil bacteria that inhibit the growth of ant-infecting fungi, according to a ...

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TOPIC(S): Precision AG , Pesticides, Crop Consultant, Crop Dusting, Economics, Pest Control, World Hunger, Government / Policies, Ag Africa, World Population,

09/11/2020 SOURCE: africa.com

Curbing a Locust Invasion in East Africa - Africa.com

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) said on Thursday that robust interventions...

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John LaRose Jr. John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Beekeeping, Pest Control, Sustainability, World Population, Pollinators,

Bees, Hornets and Wasps of the World

You might already know that there are different types of bees out there, but which ones are important to our ecosystems, which ones are endangered, which ones make honey?

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John LaRose Jr. John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Cotton, Agriculture US, Pesticides, Agriculture Global, Economics, Pest Control, Research,

Research recommends integrated approaches to managing reniform nematodes in cotton

While there are many pests affecting cotton, the reniform nematode is one the most damaging, with the ability to cause annual losses of approximately $33 million within the Mid-Southern United States. Farmers struggle to manage this pest as commercially available resistance is not widespread and a limited number of products are commercially available for use in suppressing the reniform nematode.

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TOPIC(S): Pesticides, Pest Control, Research, Ag Europe, World Population,

08/30/2020 SOURCE: www.dailymail.co.uk

Britain under attack from killer Asian hornets and drunk German wasps

The German native insects have finished providing nectar for the queen, and so now jobless they are going out and getting drunk on fermented fruit which is making them more aggressive.

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John LaRose Jr. John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Economics, Food/Nutrition, Pest Control, Sustainability, Insects, Ag Africa, Ag Middle East,

How are locusts & worms helping with food sustainability in Kuwait?

Since January, many farmers in East Africa have seen their land besieged by swarms of hundreds of billions of locusts. #InspireMiddleEast

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TOPIC(S): Pesticides, Crop Consultant, Pest Control, Crop Diseases, World Hunger, Ag Africa,

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