Shapiro administration takes action to support Southeast PA Mushroom Farmers in controlling destructive phorid fly ...

v=1 In the warmer months, it’s not uncommon to find your indoor space disrupted by an unexpected guest: the phorid fly, also called the filth fly. These tiny phorid flies, often mistaken for ...

The Shapiro administration is stepping in to help Pennsylvania’s mushroom farmers combat a destructive pest with a newly ...

Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding announced that the PA Department of Agriculture has taken a new, proactive step, in issuing a quarantine order to control Phorid Flies, ...

In a groundbreaking announcement, Pennsylvania Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding announced that the state’s Department of Agriculture has issued a mandatory quarantine order to all mushroom ...

Phorid flies, particularly those from the family Phoridae, have emerged as promising biological control agents against various ant species, especially leaf-cutting ants like Atta laevigata and ...

Invasive phorid flies have reached an all-time high in Chester County’s mushroom central, with residents of Kennett Square, Avondale, and Toughkenamon pointing the finger at nearby mushroom farms, ...

Farms in Kennett and New Garden townships have been ordered to steam-treat between crops to stop the spread of phorid flies, the state agriculture department said in a news release on Thursday, Jan.

Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding announced Thursday that the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture will require mushroom farms in Kennett Township and New Garden Township in Chester County to ...