
Tag Archives pollination

U.S. grains: Wheat futures top two-month high on global harvest worries
Corn, soybeans firm as U.S. weather looks hotter, drier

Ontario, Manitoba corn crops need rain

Give your insect friends a home
Leaving some non-crop areas with a diverse range of perennial vegetation can save you money on insecticide

Be kind to your insect friends
Of the thousands of insect species around your fields, only a few damage crops. Here’s a guide to identifying and protecting the good bugs that eat the bad ones

Study of bumblebee decline points to climate ‘vise’

Tiny number of bees account for most crop pollination, study finds

The many facets of the neonicotinoid issue
The neonic debate is not a one-issue, one solution scenario

Pesticides could lead to ‘pollination deficit,’ EU report says

Researchers abuzz about soybean yields
The research is preliminary, but early results suggest that some bees might be good for soybean crops
Protecting pollinators in 2014
Ontario best-management trials include using fungicide-only seed
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