Rodent Control Methods

Wildlife-friendly farmers, village chiefs and the village market network members in 12 villages in Stung Treng and Preah Vihear provinces have undergone training and pest and nutrient management for their rice paddy. The USAID Greening Prey Lang Project provided a grant to Sansom Mlup Prey (SMP) to provide the training to wildlife-friendly farmers of IBIS rice and others. "The objectives of the training were to introduce the importance of maintaining soil fertility for growing good quality rice; provide an understanding of nutrients and their function in growing rice and the symptoms of nutrient loss in rice crops; and share simple methods to control rice pests, disease, and predators," the Greening Prey Lang Project said in a press release on December 31. The Greening Prey Lang Project press release added that the training will help all IBIS rice members be able to apply these methods to their fields to improve their control of pests and nutrients without using chemica

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Many farmers, Steckel said, are finding that lower rates of many herbicides are no longer effective. For waterhemp at a test site in Montgomery County, Tennessee, Steckel said 22 ounces of Bayer's XtendiMax herbicide, a dicamba product, controlled less than 40% of the weeds. However, applications of 44 ounces per acre and 88 ounces per acre controlled nearly 70% and 90% of waterhemp, respectively. According to the XtendiMax label, 88 ounces per acre is the maximum total rate for both pre-emergence and postemergence applications. "Farmers are going out with considerable rates trying to knock pigweeds down," Steckel continued. "You have to use up to 88 ounces (per acre) and apply timely to get the level of control that a pint provided a few years ago. That's where we are right now trying to manage weeds." He added, "We're going to have to do things that can't pour out of the jug. We need to use cover crops and just yank weeds out of the fiel

Photo: istockphoto.com Typical Range: $300 to $5,000 Bed bugs (or Cimex lectularius ) are persistent, pervasive, and proficient at escaping human attempts to kill them. While they do not transmit disease and aren't dangerous unless their bites become infected, they're still one of the most reviled insects out there. Once an insect that was rarely discussed, bed bugs are now so common that travelers report on their presence in hotels, movie theaters, and mass transit—pretty much anywhere there's fabric to nestle into and people to hitch a ride on. There's no need to be embarrassed or think that the infestation is a statement about your housekeeping. It's far more likely that the bed bugs are a souvenir from a vacation, your office, or your child's school; they may even have arrived in that great chair you picked up at a yard sale. Bed bugs are patient—they can survive for almost a year without food—and they can fit into the seams of mattresses, chairs, and curta

We live in a world where all sorts of things can play some form of the eternally badass FPS grandaddy known as Doom . Photocopiers, pregnancy tests, fridges, and balls of yarn have managed to run id Software's classic shooter over the years (though I may have made one of those up), but what about the one who is playing Doom ? Why does it always have to be us humans enjoying a good old rip and tear through hell on Earth or Mars? Surely even a rodent must dream of being Doom Guy? So, while former Feinstein Institutes neuroengineer Viktor Tóth didn't have as flippant a reason to try as I suggested, last year he fulfilled that dream for some lucky rats in the name of science. Tóth decided to teach rats to play 1994's Doom II in order to better understand brain computer interfaces, and now, in an article for Futurism, he thinks it may be beneficial to take the rats onto Twitch for some livestreaming. How did Tóth teach rats to play Doom II you ask? Well, as he explains in

Photo: istockphoto.com Typical Range: $111 to $261 National Average: $176 A sudden bloom of spiders in the springtime, a trail of tiny ants, or the occasional group of fleas can be dismissed as seasonal nuisances. But a cockroach scuttling out of sight in the corner of your peripheral vision, mouse or rat droppings in the pantry cabinet, wood dust suggesting termites, or a string of bedbug bites on your leg is another matter entirely and can quickly become matters of health and safety. For small infestations, extermination may be something you can handle yourself, but larger infestations or pests can cause structural damage or serious health concerns that warrant professional treatment. Before you call in assistance, there are several factors to consider and questions to ask as you begin to assess how much to budget. Keep unwelcome visitors out of the house An exterminator can help. Get free, no-commitment estimates from top-rated experts near you. + Factors in Calculating Exterm