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Pests Pose Increasing Risk to Food Security
2014-08-31 16:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate News Network: Coming soon to a farm near you: just about every possible type of pest that could take advantage of the ripening harvest in the nearby fields. Wherever pests can make a living, they will. None of this bodes well for food security in a world of nine billion people and increasingly rapid climate change By 2050, according to new research in the journal Global Ecology and Biogeography, those opportunistic viruses, bacteria, fungi, blights, mildews, rusts, beetles, nematodes, flies, mites, spiders and...
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Living Smart: How landscaping can deter intruders, pests
2014-07-24 15:06:33| IT Services - Topix.net
Done right, landscaping can do much more than attract compliments and boost your property value.
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Horn Flies: Profit-Robbing Pests
2014-04-30 17:13:57| Beef
When it comes to raising cattle, every pound counts. And, as every producer knows, there are always several factors that can steal dollars from the bottom line. In fact, one of the most economically devastating threats, especially for pastured cattle, measures only about the size of a pencil eraser — it’s the horn fly. read more
U.S. polar vortex brings Big Chill to forest pests: scientists
2014-01-08 19:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The record cold U.S. temperatures may have a silver lining - killing off some tree-eating forest pests that have spread dangerously as the general climate warms up, scientists said. The deep freeze that shattered decades-old records this week - causing fatalities and snarling air, road and rail traffic - could adversely affect pests such as the emerald ash bore, which is responsible for killing more than 10 million trees, said Robert Venette, a research biologist with the U.S. Forest Service in...
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Mind the pests
2013-12-20 19:54:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
After all you do to choose the right hybrid, wait for prime planting conditions, provide plenty of nutrients and place the seed in the soil just so, its heartbreaking to think of all the damage weeds, insects and disease can do to your yields. read more