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The Ontario Pest Management Conference is hosting its first winter webinar, continuing the conversation from our fall conference: using drones to deploy pest predators. This free event will take place on Tuesday, February 3, 2026, from 1:00 to 2:30 pm EST. What You Will Learn Dr. Rebecca Schmidt-Jeffris, a Research Entomologist with the US Department of Agriculture, will lead the conversation, "It's Raining Bugs! Benefits & Challenges of Deploying Pest Predators By Drone" . Her expertise lies...

Pest control in large-acre organic crop systems faces a major challenge: how to apply natural enemies evenly and efficiently across vast fields. Traditional methods require significant labor to release these beneficial insects or predators, which limits their use. To address this, growers in Washington State have started using drones to distribute pest predators in organic apple orchards. This new approach could transform integrated pest management (IPM) by making biocontrol more practical...

Presentations from the 2025 Ontario Pest Management Conference are now available for download.