The nitty-gritty of rodent control

Committees grapple with bad weather fund for farms, rodent control, school reform and more

vecteezy.com graphicBy Guy PageThe committees of the Vermont Legislature this week will tackle issues ranging from agriculture to education to substance abuse. Click here for all committee meeting agendas. Search bill numbers here. The House Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry is slated to discuss S. 60, a bill that would establish a Farm Security Special Fund to provide grants for farm losses due to weather conditions. The c…

The nitty-gritty of rodent control

This week’s compost conversation is a follow on from last week’s article looking at the need for ‘secondary’ rodent management approaches to complement our good compost management. As we said last week, this can be a tricky subject. Everyone will have their own ethical and personal boundaries around taking the life of another creature, so let’s proceed respectfully as we look at some rodent management options. Biological controls: Domestic cats …