Types of pests
Prevention and control of agricultural vertebrate pests.
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Learn how to control bushy-tailed wood rats commonly called packrat on your land.
Learn about the different types of insects that can affect Alberta crops – from crop pests to beneficial insects.
Identification, life cycle, damage, monitoring and control of insect pests that can cause major crop losses.
Effective control requires a combination of sanitation, exclusion and population management.
Northern pocket gophers cause soil mounds in Alberta, where moles are not present.
Learn how to control Richardson’s ground squirrels, commonly called gophers, on your land.
Wild boar are a provincially regulated agricultural pest in Alberta.