State departments of agriculture are at the nation’s capital this week for the NASDA Winter Policy Conference.
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig says that they are finding solutions for common issues plaguing the industry in hopes of bringing certainty back to the farm.
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“That supply-demand scenario is really what’s holding things strong.”
His department will be using a synthetic bait called “Swormlure Five,” which is engineered to smell like an open wound, attracting Screwworm flies to the bait
“We see the opportunity of streamlining the program.”
NCGA estimates that without pesticide use, crop yields could decline by at least 70%.