Saturday, March 31, 2007 By Rosemary Parker rparker@kalamazoogazette.com 388-2734 On Thursday, scientists and beekepers pleaded with Congress for money to help find out what's killing the nation's honeybees, pollinators of Michigan's $359 million fruit industry. Saturday, March 31, 2007 By Rosemary Parker rparker@kalamazoogazette.com 388-2734 On Thursday, scientists and beekepers pleaded with Congress for money to help find out what's killing the nation's honeybees, pollinators of...

KITTERY, Maine "" There may still be snow on the ground, but area communities are hoping local residents will start thinking now about grooming their lawns. The program's main focus is to encourage residents to forgo the chemicals and instead use gardening techniques that will grow a healthier lawn. Also, grass tends to become hearty and more resistant to crab grass and pests if maintained at three inches, about the length of a credit card. Reinehart, the project engineer who is putting...

Then as it got cold and icy, I received an equal number of calls from Carroll County residents concerned about the cold snap and its impact on their plants or possible ramifications for future insect pests. If you must fertilize in the spring, use no more than a half-pound of nitrogen per 1,000 square feet and use a fertilizer that contains at least 40 percent water insoluble nitrogen or slow-release nitrogen. As the remains of past ice and snowstorms were melting away in the recent weeks,...

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The future availability of the nematicide and insecticide Mocap (ethoprophos) is now secured for potato growers by its addition to the EU Annex 1 list. Mocap is an excellent alternative to Temik the previous industry standard for PCN and free-living nematode control and offers class-leading control of wireworm. On any soil type, Mocap gives just as good a yield response, and on silts and sands frequently outperforms all other nematicides at population control. Its addition to Annex 1 is...