Episode Details

Vineyard farmers manage numerous pests but the invasive species can be some of the most troublesome. Kyle McAbee, President of McAbee Ag Consulting, PCA and CCA sustainability specialist shares what growers need to know to manage pests currently in their area, like Vine Mealybug, and prepare for ones that could come in the future, like Spotted Lantern Fly. Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is critical. Sustainable and conventional growers should rotate chemistries, scout to track location, time of year, and mating events, look at how other areas manage the pest, control host species, and be ready to do something about the issue. Most importantly, growers should talk with their Ag Commissioner, Farm Advisor, and each other.

• 26: Controlling Mealybug Vectors of Grapevine Viruses
• 49: Stopping the Spread of Red Leaf Viruses
• 96: Spotted Lanternfly - Threat to California
• Kyle McAbee email
• McAbee Ag Consulting FaceBook page
• Penn State Extension Spotted Lanternfly
• StopSLF.org
• UC IPM: Vine Mealybug

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Craig Macmillan 0:00

Our guest today is Kyle McAbee. He is president of McAbee Ag Consulting. He is a licensed pest control advisor, and certified crop advisor with a certification in sustainability specialization. And we're going to talk about pests. Thanks for being thanks for being on podcast Kyle.

Kyle McAbee 0:18

Yeah, good to be with you Craig.

Craig Macmillan 0:20

So you and I were just chatting. And I also been thinking about this a lot recently. And one of the big challenges for sustainability in agriculture in general was pest management, obviously. And I've been looking back into the past and kind of watching things. And I've been wondering if you see something similar to this, have you seen changes in pest pressure, different kinds of pressure, particular pest in different regions? In the last seven or eight years?