Source: CROP LIFE, 6/18/18


For many years now, agriculture has gone out of its way to safeguard the health of the nation’s beneficial insects such as the honey bee. However, some industry insiders warn that protecting the monarch butterfly is equally important. “Everyone knows honey bees are important to agricultural production for such crops as almonds and the industry has done a good job of stepping up in this area,” said Kellie Bray of CropLife America at a recent Mid America CropLife Association meeting. “But the monarch butterfly is for whatever reason the public’s favorite insect. But if the monarch is labeled as an endangered species, that has the potential to be a game-changer for agriculture.”

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