By Walt Hickey Have a great weekend! We’re off on Monday in observation of Labor Day. Also, the huge annual Numlock Back-To-School sale kicks off soon! Pheromones Pests eat a fifth of the world’s crops, and to attempt to stymie them growers douse food in 400,000 tons of pesticide a year. One more boutique albeit more expensive option is to use pheromones, which are chemicals that are applied to a field or orchard and prevent the insects’ reproduction. If bugs are too confused to find each other to mate, no hungry, hungry caterpillars. The drawback is that pheromones can cost $1,000 to $3,500 per kilogram to produce and then you’re looking at
Have a great holiday weekend, Walt!
Enjoy the holiday, Walt!