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Get your recertification by attending this 2 Core and 2 Category credit session for pesticide applicators.

With regular and systematic scouting you will be more able to detect plant problems before they get out of hand.

Get your recertification by attending this 2 Core and 2 Category credit webinar session for pesticide applicators.

This video provides tips on presenting the Poison Prevention Program to students to help them learn ways to control pests while promoting safety in the home.

Join Penn State Extension, Penn State Research, and the State Floriculture Advisory Board for another great meeting and pesticide credits.

Please join us as a Sponsor or Exhibitor at the Penn State Extension Crops Conferences and Crops Days! A variety of educational programs will be offered.

These courses prepare professionals in a classroom-style setting to take the certified pesticide applicator's exam for Core and Categories 06, 07, 10, and 23.

Effective control of stored grain pests without synthetic pesticides requires an IPM approach combining sanitation, identification, monitoring, and preventive practices.

Use this information to help coordinate your pesticide education meeting for recertification credits.

Find your Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture Regional Office and contact information.

This EPA website provides training, outreach, and other resource materials for applicators and others interested in the requirements of using soil fumigants safely.

Hot and dry conditions can favor a few pest species in corn and soybean fields; scout to determine if they are active in your area

Feeding by brown stink bugs has stunted and damaged plants in some corn fields.

Reviewing the steps of integrated pest management.

Information for pesticide applicators in the event of a chemical spill.

As a general rule, insecticides are more toxic to pollinators than fungicides and herbicides, but not all insecticides are toxic to pollinators.

IPM is not a practice limited to commercial and agricultural situations. It can also be used by the general public throughout our community.

A guide from PA IPM to aid schools in developing their IPM plan. (Information Complies with Pennsylvania Act 35 of 2002.)

The development of the field of Integrated Pest Management.

Find out how to sign up to have your air blast sprayer or boom sprayer calibrated.

IPM is a scientific, ecological approach to managing all types of "pests", from deer in your fruit trees, to "bugs" in your basement, to diseases in crop plants and weeds in your lawn.

What are chemical controls?

The colder months are a great time of year to practice Integrated Pest Management (IPM) techniques to keep pests from becoming a problem.

Take time to dispose of used pesticide containers properly.