Recently members of the NYS IPM Program met in Albany as part of a joint meeting of the Clean, Green, and Healthy Schools Steering Committee and the Statewide School IPM Committee. Clean, Green, and Health Schools is coordinated by the NYS Department of Health and helmed by Dr. Michele Herdt. Their purpose is to promote…Continue Reading Update on IPM in NY Schools
Sorry, I Can’t Help You [grow that horribly invasive plant].
Today’s post is from Matt Frye. FYI: (He didn’t just show up on our door talking ticks or rats! And we’re glad he escaped the vines to join our program.) Kudzu is an invasive vine that was introduced from Japan to the United States in 1876. In its heyday, kudzu was planted extensively throughout the…Continue Reading Sorry, I Can’t Help You [grow that horribly invasive plant].
Hummingbirds as Pest Management Partners?
A recent NYS Berry Growers Association newsletter highlighted Dr. Julie Carroll’s work on hummingbird interactions with spotted wing drosophila (SWD). Robin Catalano, author of the article, referenced two posts from Julie’s SWD blog. Today, we’re offering a taste (a one part water, four parts sugar taste), but encourage you to visit each post for more…Continue Reading Hummingbirds as Pest Management Partners?
“She Had a Field Day” More with New Field Crops Coordinator, Jaime Cummings
On Thursday, September 6, forty-five farmers attended a free Corn Plot Field Day in Cochecton, N.Y., where IPM staffers Jaime Cummings and Ken Wise gave two presentations. Event sponsors included Cornell Cooperative Extension Sullivan County (CCESC), Cochecton Mills, and Delaware Valley Farm & Garden. Jaime Cummings, newly minted NYS Livestock and Field Crops Integrated Pest Management Coordinator,…Continue Reading “She Had a Field Day” More with New Field Crops Coordinator, Jaime Cummings
Did You Notice More Worms in Your Sweet Corn This Fall?
Marion Zuefle, Vegetable IPM Extension Area Educator, authors today’s post. She works out of the NYSIPM Program office at Cornell AgriTech in Geneva, NY. Corn earworm, one of the major insect pests of sweet corn, had a banner year in 2018. Every year sweet corn growers battle diseases, weeds, and insects that can make their crop…Continue Reading Did You Notice More Worms in Your Sweet Corn This Fall?
Spotted Lanternfly: A Foe You Should Know
Ryan Parker, NYSIPM Program/Extension Aide II, has spent plenty of hours facing Spotted Wing Drosophila. Today he’s discussing the newest spotted pest. Adult spotted lanternfly. Photo by Emelie Swackhamer, Penn State University, Bugwood.org Tree of heaven. Photo by Chuck Bargeron, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org Tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima) is just heavenly to a spotted…Continue Reading Spotted Lanternfly: A Foe You Should Know
Spotted Lanternfly Enters New York State
It’s unfortunate that we must spread the news that living Spotted Lanternflies have been detected in New York State, but to be forewarned is to be forearmed. Here is the text of the press release published by the New York Department of Environmental Conservation and the Department of Agriculture and Markets: DEC and DAM Announce…Continue Reading Spotted Lanternfly Enters New York State
The eat-local movement: IPM works for you…
… no matter who you are. Eat local! For towns and cities small and large, the eat-local movement is a boon for farmers and consumers alike. You (the consumer) get your veggies fresh, while you (the farmer) can build a base of local buyers who know your products. Tomatoes, cukes, and sweet peppers. Lettuce and…Continue Reading The eat-local movement: IPM works for you…
Bugs in your bed? IPM solution at your fingertips
Bed bugs are a longtime pest all over the world. Lord knows we here in the states have labored under their curse for upward of four centuries now. The respite we got from DDT was short-lived in evolutionary time, since it takes little for a pest of any sort to become resistant to whatever pesticide…Continue Reading Bugs in your bed? IPM solution at your fingertips
Pest Exclusion: An Old Concept With New Life
The Scientific Coalition on Pest Exclusion, or SCOPE, started as an idea from industry expert and world-renowned rodentologist, Dr. Bobby Corrigan. Well-versed in pest management literature, Bobby’s reading of a particular sentence in Hugo Hartnak’s 1939 text, “202 Common Household Pests,” resonated with a concept he was thinking and teaching about all along, “We should…Continue Reading Pest Exclusion: An Old Concept With New Life