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Cornell IPM News

The latest news from Cornell Integrated Pest Management.

Publications

Annual Report

Cornell Integrated Pest Management is proud to present its 2023-2024 Annual Report, highlighting our continued dedication to sustainable pest management and our commitment to creating a healthier and more resilient New York State.

News

Corn stunt and corn leafhopper found in New York

The presence of the corn stunt spiroplasma (Spiroplasma kunkelii) and its insect vector, corn leafhopper (Dalbulus maidis), has been confirmed in New York.

News

National Urban Rat Summit

The Inaugural National Urban Rat Summit, a collaboration between NYC's Office of the Mayor, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, and Cornell Integrated Pest Management, brought together experts to share research and develop innovative strategies for municipal rat management.

In the News

EIQ Aids Pesticide Decisions

Cornell Integrated Pest Management's Environmental Impact Quotient is reducing environmental and health risks for global food and agriculture leaders and family farms.

 

News

Spotted Lanternfly Update

Vehicle inspections, circle and sticky traps, vacuums and drones touted as key management tools in New York’s battle against invasive spotted lanternfly.

Projects

Weed Seedbank Project

Germinating weed seeds from soil samples collected from farms across New York State.

person inspecting farm equipment
Red leaf midribs with chlorotic leaf striping of corn leaves
Attendees of the inaugural National Urban Rat Summit gathered for a photo.
close up view of a leaf. Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash.
squished red black and white bug
person posing in front of a greenhouse full of trays of soils of different shades
A plow in a field.

News

More tools, better weed control
For farmers, weeds are a relentless problem, and the ones that sprout right next to the crop are the hardest to manage. New research from Cornell AgriTech shows that farmers may be able to gain better control of those stubborn in-row weeds by...
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Horticulture
  • Cornell Integrated Pest Management
Anna Wallis, fruit integrated pest management (IPM) coordinator for Cornell IPM, inspects apple trees as part of her work to help farmers protect their crops.

News

NYS integrated pest management program doubles return on taxpayer investment

The study underscores the value of a state-funded, Cornell-run program that has helped farmers protect their crops from pests for more than 40 years.

  • Cornell Integrated Pest Management
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
Corn field

News

NY pesticide ban: Growers and Cornell work to protect crops, pollinators
Preliminary Cornell research on managing the dreaded seedcorn maggot is giving hope to growers across the state ahead of New York’s 2029 ban on neonicotinoid pesticides in field crops: Side-by-side farm trials of neonic-treated vs. untreated...
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Cornell Integrated Pest Management
  • Agriculture
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News

Faces of Extension: Anna Lovat
Anna Lovat ‘28, a Minnesota native and rising junior studying entomology at Cornell University's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, spent the summer connecting with local cut flower farmers in Madison County. Interning with Cornell...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Cornell Integrated Pest Management
Edward Harbes IV planting a new apple orchard in 2014.

News

Long Island farm leverages Cornell research to adapt, expand

Harbes Farm on Long Island relies on a mutually beneficial collaboration with Cornell researchers, a partnership that has made the family’s three farms key destinations for Long Island agritourism.

  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Cornell Integrated Pest Management