The THINK IPM Blog tries to cover the breadth of our program but if you know anything about us, it’s that pest management covers much more than cockroaches and dandelions. Here’s the rest of our blogs: BIOCONTROL BYTES The goal of this blog is to inform New Yorkers who are trying to control pests –…Continue Reading Blogs as Varied as our Program…
Viticulture Innovator of Suffolk County Earns Excellence in IPM Award
Today we share a press release from Mariah Mottley Plumlee <mmp35@cornell.edu> GENEVA NY, January 10, 2019: Alice Wise, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County Viticulture and Research specialist, received an Excellence in Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Award from the New York State Integrated Pest Management Program (NYSIPM). The program develops sustainable ways to manage pests and helps…Continue Reading Viticulture Innovator of Suffolk County Earns Excellence in IPM Award
Training the Next Generation of Crop Scouts and Advisors
Today’s post is by Jaime Cummings, NYS IPM Field Crops and Livestock Coordinator Each year, hundreds of prospective certified crop advisors (CCA’s) prepare for the certification exams across the country. This certification is required by many reputable independent crop consultant firms for their scouts and consultants to ensure that they hire only the best and…Continue Reading Training the Next Generation of Crop Scouts and Advisors
Seed Selection for Resistance to Insects and Diseases
Today’s post is authored by Jaime Cummings, NYS IPM Field Crops and Livestock Whether planting a home garden or a one hundred acre soybean field, it’s important to consider all the pest, weed and disease issues that may occur during the growing season. We have many tools in the IPM toolkit to help us manage…Continue Reading Seed Selection for Resistance to Insects and Diseases
“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
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…
New Field Crops and Livestock Coordinator Joins NYS IPM
Greetings! I’m Jaime Cummings, the new Field Crops and Livestock Coordinator at NYS IPM. My job? To work with field crop and livestock farmers on more than 3 million acres statewide who grow corn, hay, and other field crops and contribute to New York’s livestock industry. These farmers know all too well the problems that…Continue Reading New Field Crops and Livestock Coordinator Joins NYS IPM
So many acres, so little time: IPM’s answer to where the pests are
It might not look that way from your car window, but farmland covers 23 percent of New York. It’s the foundation of New York’s multi-billion-dollar agricultural economy—one that benefits all of us, no matter where we live. Most of that cropped land? It’s in field crops: corn, soybeans, alfalfa, and the like. (These crops sustain…Continue Reading So many acres, so little time: IPM’s answer to where the pests are
Invasives IPM Update: ALB and oak wilt stand-ins
Back in mid-July, during Invasive Species Awareness Species Week, we wrote a post using asian longhorns beetle (ALB) and oak wilt as stand-ins for the multitude of invasive species already here or knocking at our doorstep. And we promised we’d tell you what to do should you suspect these two big-time baddies might be in…Continue Reading Invasives IPM Update: ALB and oak wilt stand-ins
Got late blight in your garden? Here’s what to do.
An upside of last year’s dry growing season is that we had no reports in New York of late blight, the devastating disease of tomato and potato. But 2017 is shaping up to be a very different season. We had our first late blight report in Erie County July 10th — and another one from…Continue Reading Got late blight in your garden? Here’s what to do.