Manitoba researchers are looking into the effects of tick and fly disease in cattle.
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Tick research from the University of Manitoba focuses on insects and testing
Manitoba researchers are looking into the effects of tick and fly disease in cattle

Farms can be made pollinator friendly
Glacier FarmMedia – Producers pay a lot of attention to inputs, seeding rates and combine settings to expand profit margins. According to ag entomology experts, they should also pay attention to pollinator populations and diversity. That means more than honeybees. In Saskatchewan, there are up to 400 different species of bees that contribute as pollinators. […] Read more

Flies pose significant health implications for livestock
It is hard to come up with good things to say about flies, but I’ll give it a go anyway. They are an ancient group of creatures, having evolved more than 200 million years ago. There are more than 150,000 known species of flies, with likely many more thousands of species remaining undescribed. Flies occupy […] Read more