MN Fruit & Vegetable IPM News - Vol. 4, No. 9

Steven Poppe was awarded a two year Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) Sustainable Agriculture Demonstration Grant in 2006. His project will be discussed during “The Red Edge Garden Tour” held at 5:00 pm and again at 7:15 pm. He is examining the effect of the combination of preplant soil solarization and canola degradation on weed seed germination with the long term objective of reducing weed competition for strawberry plants.

Controlling Western Striped Cucumber Beetles in Winter Squash and Pumpkin Production Using Organic Methods

When?
Saturday, July 28, 2007
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Hosts: Peter and Katy Hemberger

Where?
23229 200^th Street
Hutchinson, MN 55350
There are maps to the farm posted at: www.augustearth.com

No registration is necessary.

Peter and Katy Hemberger were awarded a one year Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) Sustainable Agriculture Demonstration Grant in 2007. They are determining the effectiveness of perimeter trap crops and baited sticky traps in decreasing the amount of damage caused by cucumber beetles. They would like to increase yields using less toxic, less laborious, and less expensive controls.

MDA Sustainable Agriculture Demonstration grants are available for three-year projects that benefit the environment, increase farm net profits through cost reduction or enhanced marketing, and improve the farm family quality of life. The request for proposals (RFP) will be available in early September at the MDA web site: www.mda.state.mn.us/about/divisions/agdev.htm

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Co-Editors: Bill Hutchison (hutch002@umn.edu), Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota, Jeanne Ciborowski, Minnesota Department of Agriculture, Ag. Resources Management and Development Division, and Suzanne Wold-Burkness (woldx018@umn.edu), Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota

The Newsletter is published weekly from May through August, cooperatively, by the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) and the University of Minnesota (U of MN). Reports are posted on the U of MN and MDA web sites on Fridays. If you have suggestions and/or comments, please send your contributions by 4 p.m., Wednesday to Jeanne Ciborowski, 651-201-6217, jeanne.ciborowski@state.mn.us , MDA, 625 Robert St. North, St. Paul, MN 55155. You can access the Newsletter at the U of MN web site in htm format at: www.vegedge.umn.edu/MNFruit&VegNews/mnindex.htm and at the MDA web site in pdf format at: www.mda.state.mn.us/plants/pestmanagement/ipm/ipmnews.htm

Partial funding for this publication is provided through partnership agreements with the Minnesota Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association (MFVGA) and the United States Department of Agriculture – Risk Management Agency (RMA). These institutions are equal opportunity providers.

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