Here’s How to Keep Pests From Being an Unwelcome Surprise A pest boss—one member of a farm’s management team in charge of everything involving weeds, insects and diseases—earns his keep by preventing ...

EAST LANSING, Mich. -- A new study has unveiled why a field with a variety of plants seems to attract fewer plant-eating insects than farm land with just one type of crop. Scientists and farmers have ...

Farmers in the United Kingdom have started using artificial intelligence (AI) systems to help monitor their fields and protect them from dangerous creatures — such as animals and insects. "It’s pretty ...

Monoculture crops provide the nutrient levels insect pests crave Fields with a variety of plants provide inconsistent nutrient levels for insect pests, so the pests do poorly Returning plant diversity ...

Bats such as the common noctule consume pest insects over intensively managed arable land and thereby support sustainable ...