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Pocket gophers don’t just leave dirt piles in an alfalfa field. They work underneath a perennial stand, feeding on roots and crowns while pushing soil into the path of your mower, rake and baler. That damage follows you through the season. A mound that gets picked up at cutting can put dirt in the hay.…

Hand trapping pocket gophers has one big advantage: when there’s a gopher in the trap, you know you got it. That certainty is why trapping has been part of pocket gopher control on farms for generations. For a few active animals, it can still be one of the simplest ways to handle the problem. The…

You’ve got fresh dirt in the field, crop damage is showing up, and something is digging. The first question isn’t how you’re going to kill it. It’s what exactly are you dealing with? Pocket gophers and ground squirrels are different animals with different habits and different burrow systems. To make things more confusing, farmers in…