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The Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) is advising farmers to get into preparation mode ahead of the beet army worm season, to effectively manage the pest.

Activities from the beet army worm typically increase between February and June each year.

Senior Plant Health and Food Safety Officer with RADA, Francine Webb, said despite the recent wind and rain helping to reduce the population, that does not mean it is time for farmers to relax their control methods.

“The population would take some time in creeping back up and so that gives you the opportunity to...

The Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) is encouraging a measured, soil-focused approach to restoring crop production, following heavy rains.

Senior Plant Health and Food Safety Officer with RADA, Francine Webb, said composting and careful soil management will be critical, as topsoil in parishes heavily affected by the passage of Hurricane Melissa has been displaced.

“We are encouraging farmers to do composting, because that is going to be important. So much of our topsoil would have been displaced due to landslides and flooding, that compost is something that you...