Useful IPM Resources

IPM 101

• Radcliffe's IPM World Textbook - an electronic textbook of Integrated Pest Management, featuring contributed chapters by internationally recognized experts.

Basic Insect Biology

• How do Insects Survive?
• Insect Biology and Ecology: A Primer (Cornell University)

Degree Day Information

• DAWN (North Dakota Agricultural Weather Network) - Degree-day information relevant to northern Minnesota growers
• Degree-day Models and Forecasts for Selected Insect Pest Species in the Midwest Region
• Online Phenology and Degree Day Models (IPPC at Oregon State University)
• Understanding degree-days (UC Davis)
• Insect Migration Forecast

Organic Crop Production/Certification

• USDA National Organic Program
• Organic Consumers Association
• Organic Trade Association
• Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Service
• Alternative Farming Systems Information Center
• Rodale Institute

Vegetables, Fruit, and Food Safety

• Pesticide Safety and Certification (University of Minnesota Extension)
• Pesticide Education Resources (University of Nebraska)
• Guidelines for Pesticide Plant-Back Restrictions
• Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA)
• National Food Safety Database
• Food Recalls in Minnesota (MDA)

Pesticide Application

• Pesticide Label Updates
• Pesticide Residue Testing Labs
• Insecticides Mode of Action 

Weeds & Disease Information

• Weeds
• Insects & Diseases
  
• What's Killing My Kale?

Biological Control

• Ladybird Beetle Identification Key
  
• Association of Natural Bio-Control Producers
• Biological Control Home Page (Cornell University)
• Midwest Biological Control Newsletter (University of Wisconsin)
• Biological Control Information Center (North Carolina State University)
• USDA-APHIS Biological Control Program

Fertility & Water Quality

• University of Minnesota Soil Testing Laboratory
• Minnesota River Basin & Water Quality
• Manure Management Research

Farm Management/Crop Consulting

• Aglinks (Clark Consulting International)
• Center for Farm Financial Management
• Farm Journal
• Successful Farming Magazine's Ag-online Service

Midwestern Colleges of Agriculture and Departments

• The College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences
• Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota
• Department of Entomology, University of Wisconsin, Madison
• Department of Entomology, Iowa State University
• Department of Entomology, Michigan State University
• Department of Soil, Water, and Climate, University of Minnesota
• Illinois Natural History Survey