ATTRA - Voices from the Field

← ATTRA - Voices from the Field27 jul · 39 min

Dung Beetles – Your Next Livestock Species?

Dung Beetles – Your Next Livestock Species?27 jul39 min

In this episode of ATTRA’s Voices from the Field, NCAT Agriculture Specialist Nina Prater talks with Sneha Haridas, a 4th year PhD candidate and Graduate Research Assistant at West Virginia University about her research on dung beetles. Dung beetles are important for nutrient cycling and improving soil, pasture, and livestock health, but in some regions their populations have declined. Sneha has been researching ways to help livestock producers in West Virginia figure out how to increase the ...