Patents Assigned to ENTERRA FEED CORPORATION
  • frass production and use in plant nutrition and pest management
    Patent number: 9844223
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods are provided for producing insecticidal black soldier fly (BSF; Hermetia illucens) frass, and using the frass for nutritional and insect pest control activity in soils and/or on foliage. The methods include processes for using BSF frass to reduce damage to crops caused by wireworms (i.e., click beetle larvae, in the Elateridae family) and/or other Coleopteran (i.e., beetle) insect pests. Also provided is an insect trap comprising BSF frass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: ENTERRA FEED CORPORATION
    Inventors: Andrew Vickerson, Reed Radley, Brad Marchant, Oliver Kaulfuss, Todd Kabaluk
  • Contained systems to provide reproductive habitat for
    Patent number: 9510572
    Abstract: An apparatus and method of inducing black soldier flies to emerge, mate and lay eggs is provided. The method involves exposing at least one male black soldier fly and at least one female black soldier fly to artificial light in an enclosed space The artificial light includes at least one wavelength in a visible spectrum and at least one wavelength in an ultraviolet spectrum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: ENTERRA FEED CORPORATION
    Inventors: Juan Aldana, Edna Quan, Andrew Vickerson, Brad Marchant, Oliver Kaulfuss, Reed Radley