Note: On Oct 1, 2009, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s agency formerly known as the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES) became the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA).

NIFA News
NIFA News Research Results
NIFA Pest Management News

2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003

2009

• Agriculture Secretary Vilsack, Energy Secretary Chu Announce $6.3 million for Biofuels Research (Jul 22, 2009)
• CSREES Announces Federal Register Notice to Gather Input on Implementation of the EIPM Program (Mar 23, 2009)
• CSREES Announces Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Funding Opportunities (Mar 16, 2009)
• New Law Modifies Specialty Crop Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program (Mar 16, 2009)
• CSREES Awards $4.4 Million in Weedy and Invasive Species Grants (Feb 3, 2009)
• CSREES, EPA and IPM Centers Release IPM in Schools Strategic Plan (Jan 7, 2009)

2008

• CSREES Announces Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Funding Opportunity (Dec 17, 2008)
• USDA Awards More Than $28 Million in Specialty Crop Research (Oct 8, 2008)
• CSREES Awards $1 Million Renewal Grant to Map Wheat Chromosome (Sep 24, 2008)
• CSREES Awards More Than $9 Million in Grants to Study Fruit, Vegetables and Sunflower Genomes (Sep 16, 2008)
• New Technology Improves Native Grass Seed Harvest (Aug 27, 2008)
• Selecting the Perfect Insect Pest (Aug 1, 2008)
• USDA Renews Funding for Research, Education and Extension in Swine Health (Jul 24, 2008)
• USDA Awards $4.1 Million to Study Colony Collapse Disorder (Jul 17, 2008)
• USDA Announces $28.4 Million in Funding for Specialty Crop Research (Jul 11, 2008)
• Countering Insect Resistance with Designer Bt Toxins (Jul 7, 2008)
• USDA Awards $5 Million for Avian Influenza Research and Extension (Jun 2, 2008)
• USDA Awards More Than $4 Million in Weedy and Invasive Species Grants (Mar 3, 2008)
• Scientists Look for Clues into How Tree (Callery Pear) Populations Become Invasive (Jan 15, 2008)
• Radio Waves May Offer a New, Environmentally Safe Pest Control Method (Jan 15, 2008)
• Researchers Unmask How Harmful Soybean Parasite Operates (Jan 8, 2008)
  

2007

• CSREES Announces Recommendations for Ecosystem Services Research, Education and Extension Portfolio (Dec 5, 2007)
• Scientists Sequence a Cereal Killer (Nov 2, 2007)
• CSREES IPM and NRCS Programs Build a Shared Vision for Growers and the Environment (Oct 10, 2007)
• New Invasive Wood Wasp (Sirex noctilio) Found in Michigan (Aug 1, 2007)
• USDA Develops Teaching Resource "Understanding Avian Influenza" (May 22, 2007)
• Pest (Zebra Mussels) Eradicated Through Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP) (Feb 8, 2007)

2006

• CSREES Awards $2.7 for Integrated Pest Management Research (Sep 14, 2006)
• Phytophthora Genome Sequence Project Targets Soybean Wilt, Sudden Oak Death Pathogens (Sep 1, 2006)
• Preventing and Controlling the Plant Invasion (Aug 7, 2006)
• $4 Million in Grants Available to Control Invasive Species (Feb 1, 2006)
• CSREES National Research Initiative Funds Study on Honey Bee Health (Jan 3, 2006)

2005

• USDA Expands National Soybean Rust Risk Management Tool (Oct 27, 2005)
• USDA Awards $5 Million for the Prevention and Control of Avian Influenza in the United States (Jan 24, 2005)

2004

• USDA Announces Awards for Geospatial Projects (Sep 9, 2004)
• WHIP Helps New Jersey Battle Invasive Shrub (Russian olive) (Sep 1, 2004)

2003

• Initial Release of Draft Sequence of the Fusarium Graminearum Genome Announced (Jul 8, 2006)