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This online publication contains information about monitoring environmental conditions within plant canopies, particularly for strawberry growers that are using row covers.

Funding to be distributed through two grant programs: “IPM Partnership Grants” and “Pest Management Strategic Plans and Production/Management Profiles.”

Increased IPM adoption hinges not only on the future of innovative research, but also on the willingness of growers to adopt new IPM technologies. Presented at the 10th International IPM Symposium, held February 28 – March 3, 2022.

This online publication covers reusable tarps, including black plastic (silage tarps), clear plastic, and landscape fabric, as multi-functional, accessible tools that are increasingly popular on small farms.

The Northeastern IPM Center is developing a series of articles, roundtables, and talks about Diversity in IPM in 2022, in alignment with the various diversity-focused months throughout the year (Black, Hispanic, LGBTQ, Disability, Asian Pacific, American Indian, Women).

Dill was named the Presidential Award recipient by the University of Maine, where he is a faculty member. Dill has led a distinguished career in extension and public service, serving as an extension specialist, professor, state IPM coordinator, and state legislator.

The New York State outreach arm of Cornell Cooperative Extension’s Pesticide Management Education Program (PMEP) has rebranded as the Cornell Cooperative Extension Pesticide Safety Education Program (CCE-PSEP), bringing it more in line with other states’ counterparts.

The National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) is looking for new panelists, on a rolling basis, to join its Peer Review System. Panelists are subject-matter-expert volunteers who review grant proposals, helping NIFA determine how to allocate funds.

Alejandro Calixto, formerly head of the Florida Research Center for Corteva Agriscience, has been appointed the new director of the New York State IPM Program. Calixto officially takes the reins May 16, following the retirement of Jennifer Grant.

The Northeastern IPM  Center has announced the recipients of its IPM Partnership Grants for 2020. This year’s funded projects run the gamut from novel methods for detecting and managing specific pests to ways of better informing the public on the use of IPM methods, helping them to make informed decisions when dealing with pests. 

Jennifer Grant, director of the New York State Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Program, has been named recipient of the Northeastern IPM Center’s Outstanding Achievements in IPM Award for 2019.

From brown marmorated stink bug to avian flu, pests and pathogens can wreak havoc on livestock and crops and cause significant economic losses. USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture supports agricultural biosecurity by providing funding and national program leadership to projects that secure and protect the integrity, reliability, sustainability, and profitability of the American food and agricultural system against catastrophic hazards, whether natural, emerging, accidental, or deliberate.