NEW! Midwest Apple IPM web site - Cooperative Project with Iowa State University
Aimed at commercial apple growers, the Midwest Apple IPM web site provides updates on new options for biologically intensive management of some of the major pest and disease problems in the Upper Midwest. This is a cooperative project of Plant Pathologists, Entomologists, Food Scientists, and Horticulturists from the Iowa State University, the University of Illinois, the University of Missouri, and the University of Wisconsin. This project was funded by grants from the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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