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Set a Trap for Your Pests!

By John Dobberstein posted on January 21, 2025 | Posted in Soil Health

No-tillers looking for a new tool to fight pests might look back at history again and see what a trap crop might do on a small area of their farm. You’ll never know for sure unless you experiment.

More Predator Insects in Cornfields with Cover Crops

June 16, 2021 | Posted in Seeding Practices

Source: Farm Forum

University of Minnesota Extension researchers have started a small trial examining the predation rate of insect pests in differently managed row crop fields. We compared pest predation in row crop fields with cover crops to predation rates in fields without cover crops. Read more in this article from Farm Forum.

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