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School IPM is good for children, easy on the budget. For more than a decade, IPMers have urged school districts to choose prevention over sprays. “Schools that switch to IPM show a decline in pesticide use and are still able to keep pests at bay,” says UMass entomologist Bill Coli, who evaluates the impact of IPM projects.
On TV! Early pest detection and rapid response are key to healthy homes, explains Allie Taisey at the National Healthy Homes Conference in Denver.
What’s the buzz? Summer 2011 field meetings on pasture fly management. Fly pests can affect animal health, decrease milk production and weight gain, transmit disease causing agents, reduce grazing time, and irritate animals. Learn firsthand to identify and manage the most important fly pests affecting cattle on pasture in the Northeast.
We're hiring: Our national public housing program needs an IPM educator as soon as September. Apply by July 21 via Cornell University's job site (Extension Supp Spec II, job ID #15356).
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