Northeastern IPM Center

The Northeastern IPM Center promotes and funds integrated pest management for environmental, human health, and economic benefits.

Visit our website: http://NortheastIPM.org The Northeastern IPM Center serves as a hub where growers, scientists, consumers, government, businesses, and environmental organizations work together for the environment and human health. We protect food supplies and communities, fund projects that target important pest problems, and help people reduce pests and pesticide-related risks.

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05/28/2026

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Cornell Integrated Pest Management

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05/28/2026

The Xerces Society Pollinator Habitat Kit Program: 2025 in Review Since its origin in 2019, the Xerces Society Pollinator Habitat Kit Program has planted over 614,000 native plants across 2,500 projects! In 2025 alone, we distributed over 100,000 free plants to 525 qualifying projects across the United States.

05/21/2026

A new study from Cornell University is revealing more about how solar development is affecting agricultural communities in New York.

The study surveyed landowners in Genesee, St. Lawrence, and Washington Counties, and found that about 75% of landowners who had been approached by a solar developer have not signed a lease and do not intend to in the future.

Richard Stedman, principal organizer on the project, said they found farmers were more likely to be approached by a solar developer compared to non-farmland owners, and they were also more likely to turn down an offer.

Stedman said they asked farmers who had agreed to a solar lease on their land about what they were going to do next. About half of them said it wasn’t going to affect their farm operations.

“Of those who said it was going to affect their farming, they were three times more likely to say, ‘The revenues that I get from leasing some of my land for solar, I plan to reinvest into farming. So, it's going to keep me in farming.’” Stedman said.

Stedman said the results are a good signal for ag communities because it's showing that solar development isn’t likely as detrimental as previously speculated. But there are still plenty of concerns for communities to contend with.

Listen to the full story at ncpr.org/climate.

Reporting and photo by Catherine Wheeler

Photos from USDA Agricultural Research Service's post

05/21/2026

05/21/2026

🚨Upcoming Webinar 🚨

Join us on Wednesday, June 3, from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM ET for our latest Southern IPM Hour webinar. We will hear from Dr. Rafia Khan from Texas A&M University about her ARDP research project, “Integrated pest management of European pepper moth.”

The European pepper moth is an invasive pest causing significant economic losses in nursery and greenhouse crops, and current management is limited by knowledge gaps. This multi-state project aims to improve IPM strategies by studying its distribution, crop preferences, environmental influences, and control options, ultimately reducing losses and supporting grower adoption of effective IPM management practices.

Visit the link below to register for the webinar!
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_mdFPE-xUT8q_CSxZj5WqbQ

05/21/2026

05/14/2026

Experts ask public to help scout for new cotton pest The two-spot cotton leafhopper (also known as or the cotton jassid) is a tiny (2–3 mm long) green insect that can cause severe plant injury as it feeds—in extreme cases reducing cotton yields by 50%. The insect is a significant pest for cotton, but it can also feed on a wide range of vegetables ...