IPM Voice Monthly Newsletters
IPM Voice members receive updates about IPM Voice activities and developments on a monthly basis via our newsletter. Click on the links below to view recent issues.
June 2017 APLU Petitions for $200 Million Increased Funding for USDA-NIFA Programs in FY2018; Study Examines Effects of Landscape Characteristics on Insecticide Use; Open Access Guide to Stink Bug IPM Now Available
March 2017 $12.1 Million Available Through USDA-NIFA to Support Crop Protection and Pest Management; USDA Agricultural Research Service Investigates Hawaiian Tree Blight; Researchers Discover Insect-Pathogenic Mycoinsecticides are Activated and Enhanced by Mycoviruses; Greenhouse Growers Use Remote Sensing Technology to Optimize IPM
January 2017 Scientists Suggest Ten Policies to Protect Pollinators; Farmers Turn to Falcons to Deter Bird Pests; Anti-Fertility Rat Control Technology Earns EPA Approval
November 2016 UN Food & Agriculture Report Calls for Transformation of Agricultural Systems; Laser Fence Tested to Scare Away Rodent Crop Pests; Scientists Advise a Change in Weed Control Decision-Making
October 2016 Federal IPM Appropriations Status Update; New Study Analyzes Global Invasive Species Risk and Response Capacity; Researchers Create Interactive Pest-Mapping IT Tool for IPM Decision-Making; Beneficial Virus Commercialized as Biopesticide for Cotton Bollworm
September 2016 Researchers Call for Increase in Diverse Systems-Based Ag Funding; New Discovery May Lead to Novel Mosquito Repellents; Comet-Sniffing Tech Used to Detect Bed Bug Pheromones; 9th International IPM Symposium; Breaking IPM Funding Update
July 2016 Awareness Needed to Increase Preparedness for Tomato Leafminer; Bats and Owls Combat Pests and Protect Children From Pesticide Exposure in South Africa; Drones Diagnose Plant Health and Cut Insecticide Use
June 2016 New Study Quantifies High Costs of Imported Forest Pests; Scientists Use Peach Pit Chemistry to Develop Protective Seed Coating; New Experimental Device Uses Sound to Disrupt Citrus Psyllid's Mating
May 2016 Integrated Tick Management Symposium Highlights Need for Action on IPM for Tickborne Diseases; Snails Found to Select Sources of Food Based on Dislike for Smells, Could Open Door to Bio-Based Olfactory Repellents; Scientists Identify New Biocontrol Mechanism: Male-Killing Bacteria to Control Insects
April 2016 USDA Announces $4 Million in Grants for IPM; Researchers Explore Cultures, RNA Interference Techniques to Combat Citrus Greening Disease; New Biocontrol Mechanism Discovered: Beneficial Microbes Produce Phytohormones, Induce Plant Disease Resistance
March 2016 European Union-Funded Research-to-Market Partnership Provides a Unique Model for Development of Biologicals, Spider-Venom-Based Biopesticides Now Available, Fungal Biocontrol Attacks Wireworms in Potatoes & Helps Farmers Hamstrung by EU Moratorium
February 2016 Support Needed for Areawide IPM Bill, CRISPR Technology May Transform Genetic Engineering, New Experimental Method to Detect Lyme Disease
January 2016 Decline in Public Research Funding Prompts Senator's Call for Greater Investment, Microbial Seed Treatments on the Horizon, Bees Tapped as Beneficial Fungus Delivery Vehicles
December 2015 Congress Passes 2016 Omnibus Appropriations Bill, MSU Researchers to Study Attract-and-Kill Methods for Fruit Pests, Jamaican Farmers Successfully Employ IPM Methods Against Beet Armyworm, Two Upcoming 2016 Conferences
November 2015 New Organic & IPM Working Group Whitepaper, Debate on Pesticide Regulation for CO Cannabis Growers, New Research on Value of Biological Control for Aphids in Cereal Crops, Dogs, Drones Used to Find Avocado Tree Disease, No News on Crop Protection and Pest Management Program
October 2015 IPM Voice Partners to Pursue Funding for a New Food Narrative, National IPM Coordinating Committee: Then and Now and Research on Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Awarded Specialty Crop Grant Continuation
September 2015 Stopgap Appropriations Measure Expected, Likely to Impact IPM Funding, Study Shows Opportunity to Improve Extension Through Knowledge Networks, Integrated Pest and Weed Control Method, "Push-Pull", Featured in Grist and Study on Stink Bugs Aims to Improve IPM for Sweet Corn
August 2015 EPA Proposes New, Stricter Regulations for Restricted Use Pesticides, Western IPM Report Featured in National Trade Press and Breakthrough in Bee Biology Holds Potential for Bee Vaccines
July 2015 Senate Committee Approves Bill to Relocate IPM Funding in Smith Lever Line, Farmers Fly in to D.C. to Support Sustainable Ag Funding, Mosquitos Make Headlines and Egg Harvesting System Promises New Effectiveness for Lady Beetle Biological Control
June 2015 Yearly IR-4 Priority Setting Underway, will Culminate in September, New Policy and Research to Protect Pollinators, Group Investigates and Promotes Awareness of Pest Threats to Forests
May 2015 Perspectives on New Overhead Charges on IPM Funds, New Drone Regulations and Research Provide IPM Opportunities, Scientists Investigate Stink Bug Family Feud for Use in Biocontrol
April 2015 Implications of Consolidated IPM Funding Lines in Federal Budget, New York Times Covers Indian Program Promoting IPM, Study Finds that Habitats Rich in Species Deter Pesticide Resistance, Study Explores Potential Drawbacks to RNAi Technology Profiled in Last Newsletter
March 2015 EPA Proposes Increasing IPM to Combat Corn Rootworm Resistance, NBC Story Highlights IPM In Wake of New Findings of Bubonic Plague-Carrying Fleas, RNA Interference Proven an Effective Control for Colorado Potato Beetle
February 2015 President's 2016 Budget Proposes New Consolidated Food Safety Agency, Boosts Ag Research Funding, Diane Rehm Show Airs Program on IPM Solutions to Pesticide Resistance, Study Finds Cover Crops Improve Soil Health and Inhibit Pathogens
January, 2015 Groups Push to Increase Funding for Agricultural Research on Capitol Hill, NPR Reports on New Mosquito-Borne Virus in Central America and U.S., Highly Effective Bed Bug Lure Developed by Simon Fraser University Scientists
December, 2014 C-IPM European Research Network Aims to Improve IPM in Europe, Philadelphia City Council Creates Bed Bug Task Force for the New Year, Alkaloids from Poisonous Frogs Fight Fire Ants, Mosquitos
November, 2014 Pollinators, Pest Management and Public Policy, 3-D Printing: Decoy Bugs and Insect Traps, Fruit Fly Aroma Attractors Identified in Agricultural Research Service Study
October, 2014 First NIFA Crop Protection and Pest Management grant recipients, Great Stink Bug Count, IPM for extended season growing spaces.
September, 2014 Crop protection in 2015 budget, watershed contamination, National IPM Coordinating Committee.
August, 2014 Constraints to IPM adoption, University of Illinois's Green Shield Certification.
July, 2014 International Farmer Field School, Coordinated IPM in Europe, Potato Sustainability Initiative
June, 2014 Organic and IPM Working Group, National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition, IPM Voice Revisits Mission, Leadership and Funding
May, 2014 IPM in 2014 Farm Bill, IPM in Proposed 2015 Budgets, New IPM Voice Board Members
January, 2014 Special Call to Action! Future of IPM in the Farm Bill
is at Stake!
December, 2013 No Farm Bill in 2013, School IPM on NPR, IPM Voice
Accomplishments in 2013
November, 2013 Time Running out on Farm Bill, Resources for School
IPM, IPM Roadmap Markup
September, 2013 House Returns to Farm Bill, Revised IPM Roadmap, IPM Appropriations Update
August 1, 2013 Farm Bill Update, IPM Authorization in Ag Appropriations, IPM Adopted in Indian Village
June 2013 IPM Centers Authorized in Senate Version of 2013 Farm Bill
April 2013 IPM in the President's Budget, Final IPM Budget for FY 2013
March 2013 Potential Impacts of Sequester and FY 2013 House and Senate Continuing Resolutions on IPM Funding
February 2013 IPM Voice Grower Group Survey,Opportunity for IPM in School Science Standards
January 2013 Farm Bill Update, IPM in the News, 8th International IPM Symposium Announcement
November 2012 Farm Bill Stalled,
Collins Queries NIFA on Consolidation, Cuts to CA Research Funding
October 2012 Farm Bill Expiration, IPM Program Funding, Upcoming Meetings and Conferences
September 2012 Survey results, Farm Bill updates, Board of Directors letter of recommendations
August 2012 Farm Bill updates, the Childrens Health Task Force Act, and Outreach Survey
July 2012 Draft House Farm Bill Includes Threat to IPM Projects
June 2012 FY 2013 IPM Funding Levels Likely Close to 2012
June 2012 Farm Bill Offers Opportunities for IPM
May 2012 - Action Alert Future of IPM at Stake in the Farm Bill
May 2012 - Special Update Authorization for Regional IPM Centers Included in Senate Farm Bill Markup
April 2012 FY 2013 Senate Agriculture Appropriations Bill Released
March 2012 Last Minute Details for the Seventh International IPM Symposium
February 2012 Administration Proposes Major Reorganization of IPM Programs: Level
Funding Requested
January 2012 IPM Voice Proposes IPM Legislative Initiatives for 2012
December 2011 IPM Voice Calls On Broussard to Make AFRI IPM Friendly
November 2011 Final Spending Bill Supports IPM
October 2011 IPM Voice Visits Congressional Offices
September 2011 IPM Funding Declines Despite Successes
August 2011 IPM Voice Creating Educational Factsheets
July 2011 Why I became a member of IPM Voice, Harold Coble
June 2011 Congress Cuts Conservation Funding
May 2011 Add your Voice to the New Push for Progressive IPM!
April 2011 Section 406 Funding Partially Restored in 2011 Budget