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Jennifer
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Posted - Mar 06 2008 :  6:28:22 PM  Show Profile
Hogs Help Battle Beetles in Apple Orchard

"Farmer Jim Koan is pioneering a pigs-as-pesticide tactic to protect his apple orchard in Clayton Township, Mich. The experiment pits pigs against a tiny beetle that is among the fruit's most destructive enemies."

http://news.aol.com/story/_a/hogs-help-battle-beetles-in-apple/20080305082209990001?ncid=NWS00010000000001

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