The Montana State University Office of Sponsored Programs was awarded a $225,000 Project Grant under the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture's Crop Protection and Pest Management (CPPM) Competitive Grants Program (CFDA 10.329). The purpose of this one-year grant, effective September 1, 2024, is to support the Montana Extension IPM Program's goals of reducing health and environmental risks from pest management, improving IPM practices, and increasing IPM adoption. The project will focus on several key areas, including real-time pest monitoring for agronomic crops, expanding online IPM learning resources for communities, improving specialty crop growers' pest management knowledge, enhancing pollinator health awareness, and providing hands-on training for pesticide applicators. The grant will enable Montana State University to deliver a range of research, extension, and educational services to stakeholders across Montana in support of the national IPM roadmap objectives.
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