From Neonics to Farming with Insects in Mind

Thursday, July 9
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m Central Standard Time

Free Webinar

If you own farmland that’s being farmed conventionally with row crops, neonicitinoid insecticides are almost certainly being used on it. This webinar will help you understand the science of the most widely used family of insecticides in the world and the harm neonicitinoids do to non-target insects in the field and beyond, as well as questions about their effectiveness. And do neonicitinoids actually help farmers generate profit? That’s in question as well.

Our speakers, John Tooker and Christian Krupke, will also share insights about alternatives to neonicitinoids, like Integrated Pest Management (IPM), that save money for the farmer and benefit insect biodiversity as well.

This webinar is part of a series of webinars on farming and insect life. It is vital for the future of life on this planet that we find ways to produce food while also enabling insects, birds, fish and other life to prosper. Food produced in ways that benefit the life around us, including soil life, tend to give us healthier food and more profitable farms.  

This webinar is also part of a larger set of educational offerings being provided with special attention for farmland owners, both public and private. We believe that farmland ownership bring stewardship responsibility and also the opportunity to be part of the movement to create a form of agriculture that is better for the land, the health of families, communities, and farmers.

QUESTIONS? Please contact:

Nathan Aaberg (Liberty Prairie Foundation) – nathan@libertyprairie.org or 847-507-5989

SPEAKER

Dr. John Tooker

Dr. John Tooker is a Professor and Extension Specialist in the Department of Entomology at The Pennsylvania State University. His research group studies relationships among plants, invertebrate herbivores, and natural enemies to understand factors that regulate populations of herbivorous insects and slugs. The long-term goal of his research is to exploit ecological interactions for sustainable insect pest management.

SPEAKER

Dr. Christian Krupke

Dr. Christian Krupke is a professor and a fields crop entomologist at Purdue University, where his primary research and extension programs focus upon quantifying the benefits and unintended negative consequences of pest management in these systems. Corn and soybeans represent the most widely grown crops in the US, and have had relatively few pest problems in recent years. Yet, insecticide and GM crop adoption have continued to increase, an approach which carries both economic and environmental costs over the short and longer term. The emphasis in Dr. Krupke’s research and teaching efforts is upon IPM principles as an approach to solve pest problems in these cropping systems, while preserving yield and maintaining a quality environment.