MN Fruit & Vegetable IPM News - Vol. 4, No. 3

Midwest Vegetable Production Guide for Commercial Growers-2007 (BU-07094)
This annually revised publication provides all current recommendations (pest thresholds, sampling tips, variety information), as well as control options and recent pesticide registrations. The guide also includes research-based recommendations for all major weed, insect and disease pests, for all vegetable crops produced in the Midwest Region. The book is edited and reviewed by Extension Specialists in 5 states, including Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana and Missouri. The guide for 2007 includes 160 pp., numerous tables and figures, and web sites for additional information.
The book is $12.00 (+shipping, tax). To order the book, call (612) 624-4900 or 1-800-876-8636; ask for BU - 07094.

You may also order via the Minnesota Extension Service Web site:
http://shop.extension.umn.edu/PublicationDetail.aspx?ID=1179
(if not already an established user, you will be asked to set up a new user account).

Marketing Local Food
(MISA- Minn. Institute for Sustainable Agric.)
The options for farmers to market their products locally are growing! Where do you start? What option will work best for you? Marketing Local Food is a handbook designed to help Minnesota farmers explore the various options for marketing local food. It introduces the basics of different marketing systems, suggests resources and includes profiles of farmers who are selling farm products directly to consumers via farmers' markets, roadside stands, CSAs, on-farm stores; as well as information and profiles about selling indirectly via retail food establishments or food services. Print copies (118 pp) of this publication are available from the MISA office (see below).
Online Version - For more information, including the On-line version, see: http://www.misa.umn.edu/Marketing_Local_Food2

Minnesota Guide to Organic Certification (MISA):
This new publication is based on a previous MISA/Extension publication. Jim Riddle, of the Southwest Research and Outreach Center’s (SWROC) Organic Ecology Program updated and expanded the information so that this guide is up to date with National Organic Program Guidelines. The 52-page guide explains the organic certification process (crop and livestock), and includes a summary of USDA organic standards. It is produced in cooperation with the University of Minnesota’s SWROC and University of Minnesota Extension.
Online Version - For more information, including the On-line version, see: http://www.misa.umn.edu/organic_certification2.html

In addition to the PDF versions at the MISA web site, print copies for both of the new MISA sponsored publications can be obtained from the MISA Office (University of Minnesota; St. Paul Campus) by mail or phone:

Mailing address: MISA
411 Borlaug Hall
1991 Buford Circle
St. Paul, MN 55108-1013

Phone:(612) 625-8235
toll-free: 1-800-909-MISA (6472)
fax:(612) 625-1268
e-mail: misamail@umn.edu

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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.

DISCLAIMER

Reference to products in this publication is not intended to be an endorsement to the exclusion of others which may have similar uses. Any person using products listed in this publication assumes full responsibility for their use in accordance with current manufacturer directions.

Last Revised May, 2007 by woldx018@umn.edu
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