Understanding Farm Benefits of Planting Pollinator Forage
Farmers can always appreciate when they find easy, low-cost solutions that garner multiple benefits. Farmers are faced with many challenges – in […]
Category: Monarchs
Creating Pollinator Habitat on Non-cropland
Whether you’re a farmer with an expansive operation, a homeowner looking to beautify a corner of your backyard, or someone looking to […]
More than Milkweed: How Farmers Can Promote Native Wildflowers for All Pollinators
Planting pollinator forage on non-farmed areas enhances the landscape, looks great and can even increase yield. Farmers and landowners have considerable capacity […]
Responsible Pesticide Use Protects Crops, Pollinators and Applicators
Farmers utilize stewardship practices for proper pesticide use while protecting crops from insect pests and mites and also protecting pollinators. The BeSure! […]
Steer Clear of Milkweed, Monarch Friendly Mowing
Among the most simple and effective measures farmers and landowners can take to conserve monarch butterfly populations is to follow best practices […]
Improvements in Fluency Agents, Deflectors Help Reduce Dust from Seed Treatments
Seed treatments, such as neonicotinoids, have been used by farmers for many years to help control early season insect pests and ensure […]
Don’t let Milkweed Myths keep you from Supporting Monarch Habitat
Populations of the monarch butterfly remain low. The population east of the Rocky Mountains, which overwinters in Mexico, fell 53 percent from […]
Data Collection Critical in Monarch Listing Decision, Supporting Habitat
While the decision of whether the monarch butterfly should be listed as a threatened or endangered species under the Endangered Species Act […]
Conservation Reserve Program Provides Unique Opportunity for Farmers Supporting Pollinator Habitat
The February 28 deadline for open enrollment in the USDA Farm Service Agency Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) is fast approaching in a […]
Urban Monarch Conservation Next Topic for Webinar Series
Strengthening monarch conservation in urban areas will be the topic of discussion in the next installment of the Monarch Conservation Webinar Series, […]