The International Certified Crop Advisor (ICCA) Program has just launched the new Resistance Management Specialty (RMS) Certification. The RMS is for Certified Crop Advisors who do Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and focus their work in crop protection.  Not all CCAs work extensively on pest management, but focus on other aspects of crop advising.  The RMS… Read more »

Come together with peers, leading organizations and industry experts for two days of hands-on education devoted solely to the use of biocontrols in agriculture at the Biocontrols USA West 2017 Conference and Expo. Biocontrol is a critical tool in integrated pest management and in resistance management strategies. An understanding of how these products work helps… Read more »

The IPM Institute is pleased to announce the 2017 Apple A Day IPM Calendar. This calendar celebrates AppleTalk and other IPM Institute programs serving orchards in the upper Midwest. Included in the calendar are descriptions of important crop and pest phenology, and IPM events for each week of the month.  Plus, there is plenty of… Read more »

Dr. Thomas Green has authored a new fact sheet outlining the reasons to promote integrated pest management in schools as a priority.  Entitled, “Why We Should All Support IPM in Schools as a Top Priority For Our Nation,” the fact sheet discusses the benefits of IPM programs to schools and takes a look at recent… Read more »

We are pleased to announce the release of the Calls for Nomination for the annual Friends of Southern IPM Award program. This program recognizes outstanding work in IPM in the southern region. There are two kinds of awards: one for IPM professionals and one for graduate students.These awards are open to those states that are located in the Southern… Read more »

The October issue of the Western Front, the Western IPM Center‘s monthly newsletter, is now available.  This months newsletter includes articles and videos on the following topics: IPM programs in Montana Newly discovered bee species Insecticide spraying in Florida Western IPM Center Annual Grant RFA EPA meeting to consider Glyphosate Cancer potenial Non-Bt controls of corn rootworm… Read more »

The New York State Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Program is currently seeking nominations for its annual “Excellence in IPM Awards” for the year 2016. Candidates for Excellence in IPM Awards should be individuals or organizations whose work in the New York State deserves special recognition. They can be awarded for: developing new IPM tools implementing or evaluating IPM methods in… Read more »

The Northeastern Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Center has announced the availability of funding through its IPM Partnership Grants Program, supported by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture. Up to $250,000 in total will be available for 2017, with a maximum of $50,000 per award, to fund projects that foster the development and adoption of… Read more »

The September issue of the Western Front, the Western IPM Center‘s monthly newsletter, is now available.  This months newsletter includes articles and videos on the following topics: Utah’s State IPM program in photos Collaborative pest research in Idaho Invasive weed control on the Snake River European Grapevine Moth eradicated “Play, Clean, Go” campaign to stop new invasives… Read more »