Our mission is to improve health, environment, and economic benefits by providing leadership and cooperating with our partners to facilitate the development and adoption of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) solutions, based in the North Central region.

North Central IPM Center

Spotlight on North Central Field Crop Extension Entomologists: Extension field crop entomologists in the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) North Central Region were looking for a platform for networking and sharing knowledge when they formed a working group in 2007 and were funded by a grant from the North Central Integrated Pest Management Center (NCIPMC) a year later. Funding for Field Crop Extension Entomologists had declined greatly over the previous decade, and many states had only one faculty member covering these large acreage crops in a state.

The latest articles of The Connection newsletter is now on-line. We now write our newsletter, The Connection, using a WordPress blog format so that it is now more up-to-date than it has ever been in the past. Let us know what you think!

Visit our Grants Program webpage to learn about the North Central IPM Center’s grants program and other IPM-related funding opportunities.

This page is developed and managed by the North Central Integrated Pest Management Center, located at The University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Regional IPM Centers are sponsored by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture.

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