On Target News for November/December 2006

 

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Table of Contents:

(includes only new articles submitted since the last edition of On Target)

 

Northeastern Region

 

* Selling A Vision (IPM production and marketing, American and Western Fruit Grower)

* Tactical Ag Training Workshop, Feb 1-2, 2007 (.pdf announcement)

* NOFA Course in Organic Land Care Jan-Feb 2007

 

Delaware

* Pesticide Briefs - October 26, 2006

* Pesticide Briefs from Univ. of DE Cooperative Extension - archive

 

Maine

* The Maine Landscape and Nursery Association Arranges for Interesting Speakers - January 16

 

Maryland

* Pesticide Notes - September

* Pesticide Notes - archives

 

New England

* PRO New England Current Pest News

 

New York

* NOFA-NY Winter Education Conference

* Northern NY Livestock Marketing Toolkit Debuts at Dec 9 & Jan 27 Meetings

* Invasive Plant Conference, Albany, NY February 7-8, 2007

* Sapped of strength -- impacts of drought, beetles, and fungi on nonnative conifers (Ithaca Times)

* Teaching "inner health" of trees earns IPM award

* Freeville Organic Research Farm is Now 'Certified Organic'

* Bringing Least-toxic Pest Control to Amish Farmers

* CCE Community Horticulture e-Newsletter - November

* CCE Community Horticulture e-Newsletter - October

* CCE News excerpts - November 27, 2006

* CCE News excerpts - November 20, 2006

* CCE News excerpts - October 16, 2006

* CCE News excerpts - October 9, 2006

* CCE News excerpts - October 2, 2006

 

Pennsylvania

* Conservation Opportunities for Pennsylvania Orchards

* New IPM Web Site for Conservation Programs in Pennsylvania - Fruit, Vegetables, and Christmas Trees

* City Kids Learn About Bugs and More

* Head Lice in School and at Home

* Kid-Safe Pest Control Goal of Community Partnership

* Lady Beetles: Too Much of a Good Thing?

* Trainings Offered on Less-Toxic Pest Control for Homes and Workplaces

* Urban Farmers Get a Hand from IPM to Reduce Pesticides

* Parasitic Plants Sniff Out Hosts

* PA IPM News Fall 2006 Edition Now Available

* Pesticide Highlights - September 2006

 

West Virginia

* Look What's Out There in IPM - October

* The Orchard Monitor - October 23

 

 

North Central Region

 

* North Central Weed Science Society Annual Meeting, Dec 12-14

 

Iowa

* Leopold Letter

 

Minnesota

* Minnesota Food Processing Pest Management Conference - March 14, 2007

* Minnesota Structural Pest Management Conference - March 13-14

* America's Children and the Environment: Pesticide Use in Minnesota's Public and Private Schools

 

 

Southern Region

 

* Southern Regional IPM Center News Page

 

 

Western Region

 

* The Western Front, October 2006

 

California

* Mate-Seeking Fruit Flies Fooled by Silkworm Scent

 

 

National

 

* Farm Bill Feedback (House Committee on Agriculture)

* Wal-Mart to Use Preferred Substances in Chemical Intensive Products (GreenBiz.com)

* American Farmland Trust's Steward of the Land Award

* Congress passes bill for research on eradicating invasive plants (SmallTownPapers News Service)

* Pennsylvania IPM's National IPM News Page

 

APHIS

* Federal Register Notice of electronic public discussion - Invitation to participate

* News from APHIS - November 2006

* News from APHIS - October 2006

 

ARS - Agricultural Research Service

* Midwestern Weed May Inspire Newfound Respect

* Scientists Leverage New Tool to Diagnose Plant Diseases

* Predators of Insect Pests Thrive in `Live` Mulch

* Cattle Protozoa Help Shift Antibiotic Resistance (ARS Newslink, Oct 3, 2006)

* Scientists Pick Apart Fusarium Fungus for Genetic Clues

* American Beech-eating fungi identified

* ARS News Archive

 

Beyond Pesticides

* Daily News Headlines

 

CSREES

* Organic and Integrated Farming Key to Lowering Nitrogen Leaching

* Johanns Announces Five Grants for Watershed Conservation Studies

* CSREES Update - November 15, 2006

* CSREES Update - November 1, 2006

* CSREES Update - October 4, 2006

 

EPA

* Helping Federal Facilities Incorporate Environmentally Beneficial Landscaping into Their Environmental Management Systems

* Methyl Bromide for U.S. 'Critical Uses' Continues Steady Decline under International Ozone Layer Protection Treaty

* Phaseout of Azinphos-methyl Marks Milestone in Protection of Human Health and the Environment

* Aldicarb Risk Management Suggestions Invited

* Application of Pesticides to Waters of the United States in Compliance With FIFRA

* EPA Issues Final Rule on Aquatic Pesticide Applications

* EPA Phases Out Pesticide AZM

* EPA Receives Request for Cancellation Of Registrations for Dozens of Pesticides

* Registration Review Process Explained

* American's Children and the Environment: Pesticide Residues on Foods Frequently Consumed by Children

* GreenScaping: The Easy Way to a Greener, Healthier Yard

* Schedule for First Four Years of Registration Review Available

* Agency Proposes New Guidance on Small-Scale Field Testing and Low-level Intermittent Presence in Food of Plant-Incorporated Protectants

* EPA Pesticide News Stories Recent Archive

* Federal Register - Pesticides - Archive

 

Extension Disaster Education Network (EDEN)

* EDEN On Guard: Protecting America's Food System Course

* EDEN Plant Biosecurity Management Course

 

IPM Institute

* IPM in the Marketplace - October 2006

* IPM in the Marketplace - archives

* IPM Institute news page

 

IR-4

* IR-4 October Newsletter

 

Pest Control Magazine

* A Civil Ant War

* Fire Ants Meet Their Match in Texas

 

Pesticide.net

* Pesticide.net Insider eJournal - November 21

* Pesticide.net Insider eJournal - October 24

* Pesticide.net Insider eJournal - October 10

 

Plant Management Network

* PMN News Update - October 26

 

USDA

* Agriculture at the Crossroads: Energy, Farm & Rural Policy - USDA Ag Outlook Forum 2007

* USDA Awards $1.1 Million for Researching the Economic Effects of Strategies to Combat Invasive Pests

 

 

Job Opportunities

 

* Pest Management Specialist -- Cornell Cooperative Extension Suffolk County

* Field Crops/Consumer Horticultural Educator -- Cornell Cooperative Extension Lewis County

* Fruit Business Management Educator -- Cornell Cooperative Extension

* Assistant Cooperative Extension Specialist/Assistant Entomologist -- University of California

* Assistant Professor & Extension Specialist -- University of Maryland

* Grad student openings, turfgrass entomology or Japanese beetle ecology -- University of Kentucky Entomology Dept.

* Crop Consultant -- Glades Crop Care, Inc.

* Assistant Professor & Extension State Specialist -- Oklahoma State University

* Biologist - non-native invasive species -- US Forest Service

 

 

Funding Opportunities

 

Northeastern Region

* Northeast Center for Risk Management Education -- Extension Risk Management Education Competitive Grants Program

* Northeastern IPM Center - Vegetable IPM Working Group -- Vegetable/Strawberry IPM Educator Exchange Program

* Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) -- Partnership Grant

* Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) -- Northeast Farmer Grant

* US Department of Interior -- Federal Water Resources Research Act - New York

 

National

* EPA -- Strategic Agricultural Initiative Grant Program

* EPA -- Pesticide Environmental Stewardship Program (PESP) Regional Grants Announcement

 

* USDA - CSREES -- Higher Education Challenge Grants

* USDA - CSREES -- Secondary and Two-Year Postsecondary Agriculture Education Challenge Grants Program

* USDA - CSREES -- Tribal Colleges Research Grants Program

 

* USDA - CSREES -- Integrated Organic Program

* USDA - CSREES -- Integrated Research, Education, and Extension Competitive Grants Program: National Integrated Food Safety Initiative

* USDA - CSREES -- Methyl Bromide Transitions Program

* USDA - CSREES -- Special Research Grants Program: Potato Research

 

* USDA - CSREES - NRI -- National Research Initiative - list of funding opportunities

* USDA - CSREES - NRI -- Agricultural Prosperity for Small and Medium-Sized Farms

* USDA - CSREES - NRI -- Animal Protection and Biosecurity

* USDA - CSREES - NRI -- Animal Protection and Biosecurity (C): Animal Biosecurity Coordinated Agricultural Projects (CAP)

* USDA - CSREES - NRI -- Arthropod and Nematode Biology and Management (A): Organismal and Population Biology

* USDA - CSREES - NRI -- Arthropod and Nematode Biology and Management (B) and (C): Suborganismal Biology and Tools, Resources, and Genomics

* USDA - CSREES - NRI -- Biology of Weedy and Invasive Species in Agroecosystems

* USDA - CSREES - NRI -- Microbial Biology (B): Biology of Plant-Microbe Associations

* USDA - CSREES - NRI -- Outreach and Assistance for Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers Competitive Grants Program

* USDA - CSREES - NRI -- Water and Watersheds