Public service centers provide information for farmers using IPM
The staff at the Nutrient and Pest Management program works with farmers to improve crop management, from nutrient application to pest management strategies. Do you grow corn? Take a survey to rate your pest management savvy.
Soil and crop analysis lab - The UW offers a wide range of diagnostic services including soil, plant and forage analysis.
The Soil Health Scorecard is now available on the web.
Insect diagnostic lab - The UW offers an insect identification service, including i.d. of insect-damaged plant material. Service is targeted to county Extension offices and commercial growers.
Plant Disease Diagnostic Clinic - The UW campus and UW Extension provides assistance in identifying plant diseases and offers educational information on plant diseases and their control
University of Wisconsin Extension (UWEX) works cooperatively with your county board of supervisors to employ county agents and educators to serve you locally. Agents offer workshops and training opportunities and may be able to assist you in other facets of pest management on your farm. UWEX also employs some of the researchers at UW campuses to work on IPM (see below for a list of researchers and contact information) .
Farm Service Center - a service of the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection, the Center provides free and confidential services to WI farmers including financial, mediation, stray voltage, legal, vocational and farm transfer services.
Who sponsors this site?
This site is made possible by Wisconsin agricultural organizations that know reducing high-risk pesticides is both possible and desireable. Reducing pesticides is possible because farmers and researchers are continually searching for better ways to manage pests. Reducing high risk pesticides is desirable because high risk pesticides can have unintended negative affects on our health and environment.
A number of agencies also support the University of Wisconsin's Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems work on pesticide reduction. They are:
- US EPA - Minor and Specialty Crops IPM Special Projects: “Pesticide reduction in WI fruit production,” 2006-2009
- USDA Special Projects pesticide reduction grants, 2002-present
- Center for Agricultural Partnerships, in cooperation with the US Environmental Protection Agency Headquarters: “EQIP for apple growers,” 2005
- American Farmland Trust, in cooperation with the US Environmental Protection Agency – Region V: “Pesticide Risk Reduction in WI Apple/Fruit Production,” 2004-2007
- USDA SARE PDP: “WI Eco-apple production education and outreach,” 2004-2006