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Weekly Insect Update

First off today, we get an update on insect issues in Alberta fields with Scott Meers, insect management specialist with Alberta Agriculture and Forestry. We’re talking parasitoids, grasshoppers, and bertha army worm.

Interview with Scott Meers (3:26 minutes) (1.6 Mb)

Go to www.agriculture.alberta.ca/bugs-pest for more information about insects during the growing season.

 
 
Source : Alberta Ag and Forestry

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