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Insect Vacuum Replaced Pesticides on Strawberry Plantation

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Farmer Brendon Hoyle won the 2022 Australian Organic Industry Farmer of the Year award. To keep his strawberries safe and pest-free, he used an industrial-sized insect vacuum towed by a tractor. The result was ridding the crop of fruit flies without the use of pesticides. The method was recognized nationally as an innovative solution to a widespread problem. Brendon Hoyle was named Farmer of the Year at the 2022 Australian Organic Industry Award…
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Farmer Brendon Hoyle won the 2022 Australian Organic Industry Farmer of the Year award. To keep his strawberries safe and pest-free, he used an industrial-sized insect vacuum towed by a tractor. The result was ridding the crop of fruit flies without the use of pesticides. The method was recognized nationally as an innovative solution to a widespread problem. Brendon Hoyle was named Farmer of the Year at the 2022 Australian Organic Industry Award…

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CicloVivo broke the news in on Friday, July 25, 2025.
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