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Integrated Pest Management (IPM) has been delivering important economic, environmental and health benefits to agriculture and communities for more than 40 years.  IPM Voice is a new, independent nonprofit corporation working to increase IPM adoption, awareness and support. 

Our mission is to advocate for integrated pest management (IPM) that is genuinely progressive and seeks continuous improvement of environmental, social and economic conditions through application of accepted scientific principles. We comprise diverse philosophies and approaches united to support a broad foundation upon which IPM will be strengthened and improved.

Join us by becoming an individual or organizational member.

 

IPM Voice Updates

  02/01/12 IPM Voice Policy Initiatives for 2012. In the upcoming month, IPM Voice will be meeting with USDA officials to solicit their support and get their feedback on a series of legislative initiatives proposed for 2012. Proposed initiatives include the following: (1) support mandatory funding of the Specialty Crop Research Initiative (SCRI) at the level of $50 million annually, (2) slightly modify AFRI priority areas to increase the likelihood that IPM activities will be funded by authorizing projects beyond biological control, (3)...More.
  12/19/11 IPM Voice Calls On Broussard to Make AFRI IPM Friendly. IPM Voice recently wrote to Dr. Meryl Broussard, Deputy Director for Agriculture and Natural Resources at the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), USDA, on behalf of IPM professionals and customers. The purpose of this letter was to educate NIFA leaders about the importance ensuring a clear path for IPM funding in NIFA requests for applications for funding. View letter to Broussard.
  11/17/11 Final Spending Bill Supports IPM. The House and Senate agriculture funding committees have convened a conference committee to resolve their differences.  While final Senate action has not yet occurred, nothing  will change in the Senate related to IPM funding in the final bill.  Generally, IPM did better than expected in the conference: IPM Center funding is restored to 2010 levels, Extension funds dropped slightly from 2011 levels and IPM funding within NIFA will be about $4 million. More.
  Why I Became a Member of IPM Voice, Harold Coble. I became a member of IPM Voice because I believe that for IPM to survive as a strong, viable approach to pest management, we must have a champion - a champion willing to educate and provide documentation of our successes and needs to those in seats of authority. I believe IPM Voice can be that champion. Those of us involved on a day-to-day basis understand the importance of IPM, but we mostly take for granted that the public and our elected representatives understand that also - WRONG! We have seen what can happen to support programs for IPM when no one is standing up for us. More.
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