Insecticides

The promise of biotech mosquitoes grabs the headlines, but the same technology utilizing genetically engineered (GE) insects is being tested on U.S. farmland.

Z-Trap 1 is an electronic insect trap allowing for remote monitoring of pest problems. The automated process of capturing and counting insects carries the potential for labor savings and greater accuracy of pesticide applications.

A secret war is waged above farmland every night. In games of hide-and-seek between bats and crop pests, the bats always win, and the victories are worth billions of dollars to U.S. agriculture.

The agriculture industry may be on the cusp of an unprecedented takeoff with the advent of ribonucleic acid interference (RNAi) – a sniper’s bullet technology with implications for every aspect of crop growth. Disease, drought, pests and much more are in the crosshairs and the possibilities for this non-GMO crop alteration technology seem boundless.

Neonicotinoid loss would carry mammoth consequences for farmers

Here are recommendations for first-year corn and continuous corn.

See the latest crop technology from companies like AgBiTech, Innvictis Crop Care, LLC,, Syngenta, and more.

The Japanese beetle is becoming an increasingly prevalent pest in the north-central region of the U.S.

To increase the speed and probability of discovering new crop protection products, Monsanto is collaborating with Atomwise.

A few feet of yellow fabric may represent the next frontier in reducing pesticides in the Clackamas River, according to a story in The Oregonian.