By Meredith Swett Walker is a writer for Entomology Today School nurses do more than just apply bandages to scraped knees and administer asthma inhalers. They are also health educators,… Read more »
Month: November 2017
USDA Helps Rural Communities Restore Water Systems Damaged by Disasters
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today announced the award of two grants to help rural water and sewer utilities recover from recent and future natural disasters. “USDA is a strong partner… Read more »
USDA NIFA introduces the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program (BFRDP)
Beginning farmer education for adult and young audiences in the United States can generally be traced back to the advent of the 1862 and 1890 Morrill Land Grant Acts. But… Read more »
USDA Provides Tips and Resources for a Bacteria-Free Thanksgiving
More than 45 million turkeys are eaten on Thanksgiving Day, with a never-ending list of side dishes and desserts. The Thanksgiving meal is by far the largest and most stressful… Read more »
USDA Invests More Than $1 Billion to Improve Health Care in Rural Areas
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today announced that USDA provided more than $1 billion in Fiscal Year 2017 to help improve access to health care services for 2.5 million people… Read more »
Inquisitiveness and high standards earn horticulturalist Jim Diermeier an Excellence in IPM award
Jim Diermeier has spent a lifetime perfecting his art, crafting year-round beauty and wonder with the most natural of palettes — plants. And now his work will be on display at… Read more »
The deadline for poster abstract submission for the National IPM Symposium in Baltimore in March has been extended
Please note that the deadline for poster abstract submissions for National IPM Symposium in Baltimore in March has been extended. They will keep it open until Dec. 1, or they… Read more »
NIFA announces the release of the FY 2018 Biotechnology Risk Assessment Research Grants (BRAG) RFA
The National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) is pleased to announce the release of the FY 2018 Biotechnology Risk Assessment Research Grants (BRAG) Program Request for Applications (RFA). The… Read more »
Deadline for submitting Friends of IPM Award nomination is this Friday
The deadline for submitting a nomination for a Friends of IPM award is THIS Friday at 5 PM Eastern Time. Please nominate someone for a Friends of IPM Award. Graduate… Read more »
New articles from Connection, Newsletter of the North Central Integrated Pest Management Center
Area Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Advisor – Entomology http://www.ncipmc.org/connection/?p=4078 POSITION VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT University of California Cooperative Extension Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources Cooperative Extension Advisor Area Integrated Pest Management… Read more »