How do farmers get rid of pests?

Answer 1

The primary means of protecting crops from pests is by application of pesticide, such as insecticide intended for grasshoppers or for tent caterpillars. The type of insecticide or pesticide used depends on the species of the pests concerned.

Answer 2

Barriers, pesticides, and predators are ways in which organic farmers eliminate pests. Barriers include row covers while pesticides are animal- and plant-based controls (such as botanicals, oils, soaps) and predators are natural enemies (such as ladybugs versus aphids).

Answer 3

There are thousands of different pesticides which a farmer might use on hundreds of different crops, far too many to be listed here. If you would like some specific suggestions, you need to specify one certain crop and a pest the crop is to be protected against.

Answer 4

Minimizing environmental stress and relying upon natural enemies and nature-based controls are ways in which organic farmers deal with pests.

Specifically, organic farming emphasizes proper cultivation through attention to soil aeration, fertility, and moisture. Its practitioners make efforts to minimize the impact of such environmental stresses as drought and such environmental stressors as pesty organisms. For example, organic farmers opt for biological controls such as beneficial insects, mechanical means such as row covers, and treatment schedules through non-chemical, non-synthetic pesticides.

Answer 5

Usually aerial spraying, using chemical pesticides, is done on crops.

Answer 6

Farmers often control the pest on their farm so that they don't eat the crops and the farmers can eat and make money.

Answer 7

They use pesticides that kill them off.