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Pest Management Newsletters

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Newsletters for Field Crop Growers

  • Indiana Pest and Crop Newsletter
    http://www.entm.purdue.edu/Entomology/ext/targets/newslett.htm
    The Pest & Crop Newsletter provides up-to-date information on pests (insect and mites, weeds, plant diseases, nematodes, and vertebrates) and their impact on field crops throughout the state. Graphics to aid in pest identification, scouting procedures, management guidelines, and control materials and techniques are also presented. Crop fertility, production information, weather updates and forecasts, changes in pesticide regulations and/or status, and opportunities for continuing education are also included.
  • Iowa State Integrated Crop Management Newsletters
    http://www.ent.iastate.edu/ipm/icm/
    This newsletter for field crops gives you detailed, research-based articles, weekly issues from spring to fall for the latest research and information, statewide scouting reports of Iowa crop conditions from ISU Extension and private consultants, full-color issues from spring to fall for easy identification of crops and pests, andannouncements of ISU conferences, short courses, and classes.
  • Michigan State University's Field Crop Advisory Team (CAT) Alert newsletters http://www.msue.msu.edu/ipm/fieldCAT.htm
    This newsletter has pest management advice for growing small grains, forages, soy beans, corn, dry beans and sugar beets. The articles and reports are written by MSU Extension faculty and field agents. Current season issues along with a searchable archives are available.
  • Middlesex Soil & Crop Association's Newsletter
    http://www.golden.net/~mscia
    "Between the Rows" has general cropping articles and plot research data. The newsletter is published 4 - 6 times a year.
  • Wisconsin Crop Manager
    http://ipcm.wisc.edu/wcm/
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 Newsletters for Fruit Growers

  • Illinois Fruit and Vegetable News
    http://www.ipm.uiuc.edu/ifvn/index.html
    This newsletter contains crop updates across the state, plus updates on pest situations, and research trials on fruits and vegetables.
  • Massachusetts Fruit Notes
    http://www.umass.edu/fruitadvisor/fruitnotes/FruitNotes.htm
    This newsletter is published each January, April, July, and October by the Department of Plant & Soil Sciences, University of Massachusetts. Fruit Notes focuses primarily on tree-fruit culture, but addresses small-fruit problems occasionally. Most reports are from current research at the University of Massachusetts and other universities.
  • Michigan State University's Fruit Crop Advisory Team (CAT) Alert newsletters http://www.msue.msu.edu/ipm/fruitCAT.htm
    This newsletter has pest management advice for commercial production of tree fruit and small fruit. The articles and reports are written by MSU Extension faculty and field agents. Current season issues along with searchable archives are available.
  • Southwest Michigan Update
    http://www.msue.msu.edu/vanburen/disthort.htm
    This Web page is provided for fruit growers and others who are interested in current crop and pest conditions in Southwest Michigan. Current Crop Conditions, a review of harvest pest and disease conditions for fruit crops in Southwest Michigan. This regional report is updated monthly during the winter. Online links to Current Weather conditions and Weather Web sites, Calendar of Extension Events for fruit growers in Southwest Michigan, Pest of The Month, articles of general interest, plus a listing of articles on plants, horticulture, insect pests and plant diseases. There is also a list of Links to other Fruit Web sites.
  • Missouri Berry Basket News
    http://mtngrv.smsu.edu/newslet.htm
    A quarterly newsletter for Missouri Small Fruit and Vegetable Growers, The Berry Basket is produced cooperatively by the University of Missouri Extension, Greene County and the State Fruit Experiment Station of Southwest Missouri State University. A link is provided to subscribe or unsubscribe to the Berry Basket. The Berry Basket Newsletter is in PDF format and Adobe Acrobat Reader is required.(link provided). Current and back issues are listed, index provided.
  • Southwest Missouri Grape Newsletter: Vineyard and Vintage Views http://mtngrv.smsu.edu/grapenews.htm
    The Commercial Grape Advisory Program serves Missouri commercial grape producers by publishing a newsletter jointly with the enology or wine advisory program, bimonthly by the Southwest Missouri State University. The Vineyard and Vintage View Newsletter is in PDF format and Adobe Acrobat Reader is required (link provided). Current and back issues are listed.
  • New York Fruit Newsletter - Scaffolds
    http://www.nysaes.cornell.edu/ent/scafolds/
    Welcome to Scaffolds Fruit Journal, the weekly update on pest management and crop development. Scaffolds is published by Cornell University--NYS Agricultural Experiment Station (Geneva) and Ithaca--with the assistance of Cornell Cooperative Extension.
  • New Jersey Plant & Pest Advisory Newsletters http://www.rce.rutgers.edu/pubs/plantandpestadvisory/
    Weekly newsletters from April to Oct, then monthly during the winter. These newsletters are Adobe Acrobat PDF formatted files. You will need to download the free Adobe PDF reader version 2.1. or 3.0.
  • New Jersey Blueberry Bulletin
    http://www.rce.rutgers.edu/pubs/blueberrybulletin/index.htm Weekly newsletters from April to Oct, then monthly during the winter. These newsletters are Adobe Acrobat PDF formatted files. You will need to download the free Adobe PDF reader version 2.1. or 3.0.
  • North Carolina 's Henderson County Apple Production Newsletters http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/copubs/news/apple_henderson/
    The NC State Apple Production Newsletter is an informative, monthly newsletter. It contains articles written by NC State Extension specialists, researchers, and county agricultural extension agents. Online subscription available.
  • NW Michigan Regional Fruit Newsletter
    http://www.maes.msu.edu/nwmihort/fruitnws.html
  • Nova Scotia Orchard Outlook (archives)
    http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsaf/elibrary/archive/hort/newslets/orchard/index.htm
    The Orchard Outlook was a newletter containing information about the Tree Fruit Industry in Nova Scotia. Publication was weekly in season, moving to biweekly. Published by Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture and Marketing. Archives from 1995-2000.
  • Nova Scotia Berry Crops Newsletter (archives)
    http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsaf/elibrary/archive/hort/newslets/berrycrops/
    The Newletter contained timely information mainly of interest to strawberry, raspberry, blueberry and grape producers in Nova Scotia. Archives from 1996-2000.
  • Pennsylvania's Fruit Times Newsletter
    http://fruittimes.cas.psu.edu/
    A multidisciplinary publication, PSU College of Ag Sciences, which is published every 2 weeks from April 1 through October and published monthly for the remainder of the year. Since 1999.
  • Purdue's Facts for Fancy Fruit
    http://www.hort.purdue.edu/fff/fff.html
    Facts for Fancy Fruit is a newsletter for commercial and advanced amateur fruit growers developed in the Purdue University Department of Horticulture with regular contributions from the specialists in the Departments of Entomology and Botany and Plant Pathology, and from other agents & specialists on campus. Available in text or Adobe Acrobat PDF formatted files.
  • Southeast Regional Peach Newsletter
    http://newsletters.caes.uga.edu/srpn/
    This newsletter is published quarterly for peach growers in the southeastern US. Online since 2001. Available in Adobe Acrobat PDF formatted files.
  • Southern Appalachian Apple IPM Net (North Carolina) http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/fletcher/programs/apple/newsletters/newsletters.htm
    The Southern Appalachian Apple IPM Update is published bi-weekly during the growing season and includes contributions from the NC State University Extension Vegetable and Fruit Program faculty and staff, Curtis Consulting, growers, private IPM consultants, input suppliers, and others.
  • Strawberry IPM Update
    http://www.exnet.iastate.edu/Pages/plantpath/strawber.html
    Welcome to the Strawberry IPM Update! The aim of this quarterly newsletter is to communicate new developments in Integrated Pest Management of Insect pests, diseases, and weeds of strawberries. The main focus will be on experiences that are relevant to production in the midwest U.S., regardless of where the ideas originate.
  • Washington State University Areawide IPM Update
    http://www.tfrec.wsu.edu/IPMnews/index.html
    The Newsletter of Pheromone-based Orchard Pest Management features research updates and field scouting reports from Washington State. Weekly during the growing season.
  • The Orchard Monitor Fruit Newsletter - West Virginia http://www.caf.wvu.edu/kearneysville/wvufarm4.html
    The Orchard Monitor Fruit Newsletter by Extension Specialists at the West Virginia Experment Station, published biweekly from April to August, with additional issues in February and October. The newsletter contains information on regional and local educational events of interest to fruit producers, entomological updates with the latest pheromone trap catch information, plant pathology updates, and labor relations issues.
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Newletters for Vegetable Growers

  • Arizona Vegetable Newsletter
    http://ag.arizona.edu/hypermail/vegnews/index.html
    Issued monthly, contains information on new methods, products, projects and activities. Published by the University of Arizona Cooperative Extension Service in Maricopa County. Go to the most recent entries in the threaded discussion to find the most recent issue of the newsletter.
  • Florida's The Vegetarian Newsletter
    http://www.hos.ufl.edu/gjhweb/vegetarian_index_page.htm
    A monthly newsletter during the Florida growing season published by the Univerisity of Florida Cooperative Extension. This newsletter contains information on coming events, research trials, current production problems, and other articles of interest.
  • Illinois Fruit and Vegetable News
    http://www.ipm.uiuc.edu/ifvn/index.html
     This newsletter contains crop updates across the state, plus updates on pest situations, and research trials on fruits and vegetables.
  • Michigan State University's Vegetable Crop Advisory Team Alert newsletters http://www.msue.msu.edu/ipm/vegCAT.htm
    This newsletter has pest management advice for growing muck and upland vegetables as well as potatoes. The articles and reports are written by MSU Extension faculty and field agents. Current season issues along with a searchable archives are available.
  • Minnesota Vegetable IPM Newsletter
    http://www.vegedge.umn.edu/mnvegnew/mnindex.htm
    This newsletter is published twice a month during the growing season with updates on pests, crop updates and timely information for vegetable growers. Published by University of Minnesota Extension Service. Current issue are listed along with back issues for several seasons. 
  • New Jersey Plant & Pest Advisory Newsletters http://www.rce.rutgers.edu/pubs/plantandpestadvisory/
    Weekly newsletters from April to Oct, then monthly during the winter. These newsletters are Adobe Acrobat PDF formatted files. You will need to download the free Adobe PDF reader version 2.1. or 3.0.
  • Nova Scotia Vegetable Newsletter (archives)
    http://www.nsac.ns.ca/nsdam/pt/hort/newslets/vegetable/index.htm
    The Vegetable Newletters contain timely information mainly of interest to vegetable producers in Nova Scotia. The number of newsletters increases in season when production issues are current. Published by Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture and Marketing.
  • Ohio State University Extension Vegetable Crops - the VegNet
    http:/www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~vegnet/
  • South Carolina Pumpkin News
    http://virtual.clemson.edu/groups/hort/vegprog.htm
    This newsletter has regular features: The IPM Scout, Cultivar Corner, Market Window and Ask the Great Pumpkin with timely information for South Carolina growers. Published 3 to 5 times a year by Clemson University Extension.
  • Southwest Florida Pest and Disease Hotline
    http://hchort.ifas.ufl.edu/SWFPDH.htm
    This newsletter is published bi-monthly and contains a wide variety of information and researach reports of interest to vegetable growers, including crop updates. Current issue and past issues can be accessed from this page. Published by the Hendry County Cooperative Extension Office, University of Florida Cooperative Extension Service.
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Pest Management Newsletters 

  • Gemplers IPM Solutions Newsletter
    http://www.ipmalmanac.com/
    http://www.ipmalmanac.com/ipmsolutions/achive.htm
    IPM Solutions, the recipient of a national EPA-PESP award, has gained recognition among growers, crop consultants, University Extension personnel and others interested in expanding their knowledge and use of IPM-related techniques. A sign-up feature is available. Published bi-monthly by Gempler's, an IPM supplier.
  • Michigan State University IPM Newsletter
    http://www.msue.msu.edu/ipm/Pubs.htm
  • Pest Management Resistance Newsletter
    http://www.msstate.edu/Entomology/EntHome.html
     A biannual newsletter of the Pesticide Research Center (PRC) in Cooperation with the Insecticide Resistance Action Committee (IRAC), the Western Regional Coordinating Committee (WRCC-60) and the International Organization for Pest Resistance Mangement (IOPRM).
  • Mississipppi State IPM Newsletter
    http://www.msstate.edu/Entomology/IPM/IPMCONTENTS.html
    Published by Cooperative Extension Service and the Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology.
  • Iowa State Integrated Crop Management Newsletters
    http://www.ent.iastate.edu/ipm/icm/
    This newsletter for field crops gives you detailed, research-based articles, weekly issues from spring to fall for the latest research and information, statewide scouting reports of Iowa crop conditions from ISU Extension and private consultants, full-color issues from spring to fall for easy identification of crops and pests, andannouncements of ISU conferences, short courses, and classes.
  • Michigan State University's Field Crop Advisory Team (CAT) Alert newsletters http://www.msue.msu.edu/ipm/fieldCAT.htm
    This newsletter has pest management advice for growing small grains, forages, soy beans, corn, dry beans and sugar beets. The articles and reports are written by MSU Extension faculty and field agents. Current season issues along with a searchable archives are available.
  • Southwest Florida Pest and Disease Hotline
    http://hchort.ifas.ufl.edu/SWFPDH.htm
    This newsletter is published bi-monthly and contains a wide variety of information and researach reports of interest to vegetable growers, including crop updates. Current issue and past issues can be accessed from this page. Published by the Hendry County Cooperative Extension Office, University of Florida Cooperative Extension Service.

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