Tom Puterbaugh, Spensa Technologies vice president of products, and Spensa CEO Johnny Park prepare to install Z-Traps in an apple orchard. The Z-Trap is a Purdue discovery that has the potential to ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Spensa Technologies Inc., a precision agriculture startup in Purdue Research Park, received a $630,000 SBIR Phase 2 grant from the National Science Foundation to expand its ...

Insect light trap is one of the very effective tools of insect pest management in organic agriculture as it mass-traps both the sexes of insect pests and also substantially reduces the carryover pest ...

Sustainable agriculture is a term that emphasizes the balanced use of natural resources and external inputs for optimum economic benefit. Organic farming is a specialized system within the umbrella of ...

Abdul Khaddar was driven to quit his sales job after he developed unbearable back pain due to long hours of travel. That was almost seven years back in 2011, recalls Khaddar, talking about his venture ...

(Beyond Pesticides, June 20, 2025) A study in Conservation Genetics, entitled “Organic farming fosters arthropod diversity of specific insect guilds – evidence from metabarcoding,” showcases the ...