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For every dollar invested in Integrated Pest Management (IPM) research the industry is getting back about $15 in benefits. Take a look at our video to learn more about the work being done by our researchers in Saskatchewan.

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Full Video Transcript:

Dr. Tyler Wist: Entomology is really important to agriculture. We look at bad bugs, the ones that can impact yield in your crops. We also look at good insects. Ones that reduce the impact of those bad insects on the crop. I'm Dr. Tyler Wist. I work here at the Saskatoon Research Centre of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. So when we're talking about good insects we always have to talk about the pollinators. Things like honey bees, alfalfa leaf cutting bees and a lot of natural flies and bumble bees as well. Other good insects would be insects that eat other insects. So things like ladybugs that eat aphids.
Or the parasitoid wasps that lay their eggs in aphids. Integrated pest management does just that; it integrates all of your possible options for pest management. It brings in the good bugs. It uses pesticides as well. And it uses monitoring. An average farmer can spend upwards of $20,000 a year on pesticides. With the right kind of research we can help to reduce that number, save the producers money and save the environment in the process.
Dr. Owen Olfert: My name is Dr. Owen Olfert. And I'm a research scientist here at the Agriculture Canada Saskatoon research centre. Agricultural economists did a study and estimated that IPM research had a benefit to cost ratio of about 15:1. So for every dollar invested in IPM research the industry is getting back about $15 in benefits.
Dr. Tyler Wist: One of the projects that I'm working on right now is developing a smart phone application. So I've got a mathematical formula that predicts aphid populations. So you go out to your field and you count the number of aphids that you've got. The equation then predicts the population growth of the aphids. It takes into account the natural enemies that you have in your field. It predicts whether or not that aphid population will be able to grow to an economically damaging level or whether the natural enemies are going to be able to control it. So it'll put the information right in the hands of the producer. So we have a recent publication, it's a field guide to the good insects and the bad insects. It's got a lot of good pictures. It's got recommendations. So it's an excellent guide for people who are actually out in the field scouting for insects. Without knowledge we can't do anything. We need to know where the insects are. We need to know what stage they're at in the crop. This type of entomological research has real world implications for the farmers. Entomology is really important for the producer’s bottom line.