{"id":9903,"date":"2021-02-04T12:06:49","date_gmt":"2021-02-04T17:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/washington\/?post_type=tribe_events&p=9903"},"modified":"2021-02-04T12:10:28","modified_gmt":"2021-02-04T17:10:28","slug":"rats-and-other-vermin-control-on-the-farm","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/washington\/event\/rats-and-other-vermin-control-on-the-farm\/","title":{"rendered":"Rats and Other Vermin Control on the Farm"},"content":{"rendered":"

Register Online<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n

Participants will receive the Zoom link upon registration. The session will be recorded. Pesticide Credits: 2 hours (applied for).<\/p>\n

For small-scale livestock and grain farmers:<\/strong><\/h4>\n

While viewing wildlife in their natural habitat can be fun, when wildlife invade livestock facilities and grain storage, they can cause major losses. Rats, mice, and other rodents can infest grain and livestock feed and make it un-sellable and un-usable as feed. Wildlife such as racoons, fox, and weasels can invade poultry houses and kill and maim birds. Pastured animals are subject to predation by a number of wildlife species.<\/p>\n

Learning how to reduce wildlife losses on the farm to feed, grain, and livestock mortalities with recommended practices will help improve farm profitability.<\/p>\n

UMaine Extension is sponsoring this Zoom session with Kathy Murray, IPM Entomologist with Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry (MDACF), along with Adam Vashon, Wildlife Biologist with USDA Animal and Plant Health, Inspection Service (APHIS) Wildlife Services.<\/p>\n

Topics will include:<\/strong><\/h4>\n