Scouting early can help protect Manitoba crops from pest insects like flea beetles, cutworms or grasshoppers.
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Farmers urged to watch early for insect pests
Scouting early can help farmers protect against crop-damaging insects this year

Study finds bat population crash increases insecticide use
I’ve written before in this column about the bat disease that has decimated North American populations. As a brief refresher, white nose syndrome is a disease caused by a fungal pathogen that was introduced into the state of New York in 2006. The fungus causes a skin infection, making a characteristic white fuzz around the […] Read more