Drones in the Blueberry Patch: The Future of Biological Control
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This episode discusses the use of drone technology in biological pest control for blueberry growers with guest Jaclyn Bennett from Parabug.
In this episode of “The Business of Blueberries,” Kasey Cronquist , president of the U.S. Highbush Council ( USHBC ) and the North American Blueberry Council ( NABC ), is joined by Jaclyn Bennett , general manager at Parabug , a company that’s changing the game when it comes to pest management. We caught up with Bennett at The Blueberry Convention back in October. Founded in 2016, Parabug uses drone technology to enhance the efficiency and affordability of biological pest control for growers. She shares about how drone technology is being adopted in blueberry fields, the benefits growers are seeing and what’s next for innovation in this space. “ What Parabug does is we apply beneficial insects with drones. So we have a proprietary mechanism that mounts to essentially an off-the-shelf ag drone. That mechanism is incredibly gentle for beneficial insects and allows for another avenue of integrated pest management to be economically viable to growers.” – Jaclyn Bennett Topics covered include: An introduction to Bennett and her work at Parabug. An exploration of the innovative technology created by Parabug and the benefits it can provide in pest management for…
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