This is IPM

An episode about New World Screwworm (NWS) that talks about biology, hosts, IPM practices, and working together. With guests Dr. Nancy Hinkle at University of Georgia and Dr. Sonja Swiger from Texas A&M Agrilife.

Content Warning: Please note that today’s episode contains detailed descriptions of decomposing organic matter, infections, and insect infestations, including the use of the term maggots. The episode also mentions animal death. Listener discretion is advised.

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Timestamps

00:00 Introduction

00:29 Content Warning

01:28 Nancy Hinkle

02:33 What do screwworms do? (WARNING, graphic content)

03:53 Wide Host Range of NWS

05:10 Daily close inspections of animals are needed

06:40 Look for strange behavior in animals

07:31 NWS cannot be prevented with pesticides

08:07 Sterile Insect Technique (SIT)

10:13 History of SIT

13:12 Identification and Monitoring are Key

15:40 Don't let Maggots Escape

16:43 Rethink common animal production practices

17:39 Goal is total eradication

18:53 Sonja Swiger

21:09 NWS is a severe situation

21:49 Get information right and meet folks where they are

23:17 IPM Approach

24:21 Preparation Well in Advance and with others

26:57 IPM is a balance

28:26 We all have a part to play

29:12 Helpful communication tactics

30:04 Working together has greater impact

30:51 Outro

About This Is IPM

“This Is IPM” highlights the people and process of Integrated Pest Management by demonstrating how real-world challenges are solved by real-life people implementing IPM. Through this companion podcast, the initiative shares IPM successes, impacts, resources, and stories.

Learn More: https://thisisipm.org/

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Funding Acknowledgment

The "This Is IPM” Initiative is managed by the Southern IPM Center. The Regional IPM Centers are supported by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture through agreement 2022-70006-38002. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the authors(s) and should be construed to represent any official USDA or U.S. government determination or policy.

Episode Description: Learn about IPM Infrastructure and the Sustainable Pest Management Roadmap for California along with gems of IPM wisdom from our speakers

Meet Our Guests

Daren Muller, Iowa State University

Jim Farrar, University of California

Resources Mentioned

IPM Infrastructure Publication in the Journal of IPM

• Citation: Daren S Mueller, Laura C Iles, Carol L Pilcher, Adam J Sisson, Roger Magarey, Ryan Adams, Wanda I Almodovar, Diane Alston, Patrick Beauzay, Ricardo Bessin, Mandy Bish, Mary Burrows, Alejandro Calixto, Rakesh Chandran, Jed B Colquhoun, Mary Concklin, Amy J Dreves, Peter C Ellsworth, Paul D Esker, James J Farrar, Alfred Fournier, Daniel Frank, Kelly Hamby, George Hamilton, Anthony Hanson, Ann Hazelrigg, Natalie Hein-Ferris, David Held, James Jasinski, Heather M Kelly, David Kerns, Miranda Kersten, Lauren Kerzicnik, Janet Knodel, Glen Koehler, Heidi Kratsch, Christian H Krupke, Norman C Leppla, Erin Lizotte, Casey Matney, Rebecca A Melanson, Frannie Miller, Marion Murray, David Owens, Diane Plewa, Francis P F Reay-Jones, Silvia I Rondon, Tom A Royer, Philip A Rozeboom, Hilary A Sandler, Scott P Schell, Marissa Schuh, Timothy Seipel, Danesha Seth Carley, Ashfaq Sial, Raghuwinder Singh, Damon L Smith, Tim Stock, Glenn Studebaker, Adrianna Szczepaniec, Lisa Tewksbury, John Tooker, Adam J Varenhorst, Amber Vinchesi-Vahl, Doug Walsh, Desiree Wickwar, Robert J Wright, Simon Zebelo, Integrated pest management: state infrastructure status after 50 yr of Federal support (1973 to 2023), Journal of Integrated Pest Management, Volume 16, Issue 1, 2025, 30, https://doi.org/10.1093/jipm/pmaf016

Sustainable Pest Management Roadmap For California

• Overview
• Summary
• Document in English
• Document in Spanish

James J Farrar, Using National Agricultural Statistics Service pest management practices survey to assess IPM adoption in California, Journal of Integrated Pest Management, Volume 14, Issue 1, 2023, 24, https://doi.org/10.1093/jipm/pmad022

Timestamps

00:00 - Introduction

00:43 - Daren Mueller

01:12 - Approaching a Problem in IPM

2:58 - IPM Infrastructure Survey

6:02 - Making Tough Cuts to Personnel

07:32 - Include Evaluators and Communicators

08:31 - Jim Farrar and the University of California IPM Program

12:05 - Sustainable Pest Management Roadmap

16:23 - Improving Pest Management in California

19:24 - Everyone Manages Pests

24:39 - We Manage Pests for a Reason

26:15 - Thanks for listening, the people involved, and the funding statement

About This Is IPM

“This Is IPM” highlights the people and process of Integrated Pest Management by demonstrating how real-world challenges are solved by real-life people implementing IPM. Through this companion podcast, the initiative shares IPM successes, impacts, resources, and stories.

Learn More: https://thisisipm.org/

Stay Connected:

Follow the Southern IPM Center for the latest IPM news, resources, events, and podcast episodes.

Southern IPM Center Website

This is IPM Facebook

This is IPM LinkedIn

Other Regional IPM Centers

Western IPM Center

North Central IPM Center

Northeastern IPM Center

Funding Acknowledgment

The "This Is IPM” Initiative is managed by the Southern IPM Center. The Regional IPM Centers are supported by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture through agreement 2022-70006-38002. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the authors(s) and should be construed to represent any official USDA or U.S. government determination or policy.

Integrated Pest Management

Uses information on pest biology, environmental data, and technology to manage pest damage in a way that identifies and minimizes both economic costs and risks to people, property, and the environment

From food and farming to homes and communities, Integrated Pest Management or (IPM) encompasses many settings, disciplines, and people, but this fact is not always known or understood.

This is despite the fact that IPM has been federally articulated and funded for over 50 years in the United States.

This initiative, called This is IPM, demonstrates how real-world challenges are solved by real-life people implementing IPM.

It unravels the IPM network, explains the process of IPM, explores pests like insects, diseases, and weeds, and shares resources. Most importantly, “This is IPM” tells the story of how science, practice, and people come together to protect crops, farms, families, forests, homes, businesses, parks, schools, and more

IPM is practiced

• With Boots on the ground, in the lab, and in between
• In Production Agriculture
• In Residential, Structural, and Public Areas
• And In Natural Resources such as Forests and Water Resources

IPM is…

• A process
• Reflexive
• Always Adapting
• Prevention, Avoidance, Monitoring, and Suppression
• Dynamic
• A science
• A community

“Highlighting the people and the process of Integrated Pest Management”

This is IPM