A Farmer’s Perspective on the Conservation Reserve Program
Where are the monarchs now? The monarchs are now overwintering in forests at over 10,000 feet in Central Mexico. They will begin […]
Category: Monarchs
Dormant Seeding: Letting Mother Nature Take the Lead
Farmers know managing land is a year-round endeavor, even during the cold winter months. Winter-like conditions leading to natural freeze and thaw […]
Precision Agriculture and Habitat Establishment
Where are the monarchs now? The first monarchs arrived at their overwintering sites in Mexico on the first of November – just […]
What You Should Know About Seed Mixes for Monarchs
Where are the monarchs now? Starting now, around the middle of August, butterflies from the northern part of the North American breeding […]
Farmers for Monarchs Provides Simple Reference Document for Pesticide Best Practices
Farmers have successfully implemented sensible monarch conservation principles that also support productive agriculture and livestock operations. Pest management is an important part […]
Report: International Union for the Conservation of Nature Designates Monarch Butterfly as Endangered
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), a membership union of government and civil society organizations headquartered in Switzerland, added […]
The first generation of the northern migration have reached their colonization grounds. Follow their journey at Journey North. National Pollinator Week continues […]
Hope Grows with Eastern Monarch Population Holding Steady
In a report released this week from the World Wildlife Fund Mexico (WWF), scientists determined monarchs occupied 2.84 hectares in December 2021, […]
‘No Mow May’ Makes Supporting Pollinators Effortless
One of the many requests the world makes to farmers and other land managers is restoring pollinator populations by implementing pollinator-friendly conservation […]
Minnesota Farmer and Beekeeper Maximizes Acreage for Pollinators
The monarchs coming out of overwintering in Mexico have reached their breeding grounds in the southern U.S. and are nearing the end […]