Beneficial organisms include but are not limited to: Birds, Bears, Nematodes, Insects, Arachnids, and fungi.
Insects and arachnids help the growing process because they prey on non beneficial organisms that consume plants for food.
The distinction between beneficial and pest is arbitrary, subjectively determined by examining the effect of a particular organism in a specific growing situation.
Insects and arachnids help the growing process because they prey on non beneficial organisms that consume plants for food.
Increasingly certain species of insects are managed and used to intervene where natural pollination or biological control is insufficient, usually due to human disturbance of the balance of established ecosystems.
Certain microscopic nematodes (worms) are beneficial in destroying and controlling populations of larvae that are damaging or deadly to crops and other plants.
Citing the reduction or elimination of various organisms as a side effect of agrichemical-based farming, some argue that critical damage is being done to various ecosystems, to the point where conventional agriculture is unsustainable in long term societal planning.
For example, if bee populations are continued to be reduced by insecticides aimed at other pests, pollination will be further inhibited and crops don't fruit.