Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is a strategy used to control pests and diseases in crops and Teagasc’s Brian Duggan believes that it could be a key disease-control measure in the future.
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Learn moreThe future of the most widely used farm chemical in the world is in doubt for European farmers.
Learn moreThe future of the most widely used farm chemical in the world is in doubt for European farmers.
Learn moreWilliam Wan wrote in the Washington Post, “On an island called Chongming, a two-hour drive east of Shanghai, a group ...
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