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
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
* 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
Weed Science Society Annual Meeting, Dec 12-14
Iowa
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
Beyond Pesticides
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
* 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
* GreenScaping:
The Easy Way to a Greener, Healthier Yard
* Schedule for
First Four Years of Registration Review Available
* 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
IR-4
Pest Control Magazine
* 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
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