What if the answer to a shrinking pesticide toolbox isn't finding more active ingredients - but getting more from the ones we already have? At the 2026 Ontario Pest Management Conference, Dr. Doug Baumann, Chief Technology Officer at Vive Crop Protection, will explore a different approach to crop protection innovation: development over discovery. As active ingredients are lost through use restrictions, resistance and obsolescence, bringing a completely new active ingredient t

What does the future of pest management look like when some of the tools that once defined production have been replaced, restricted, refined, or paired with data in ways that have changed the toolbox? Before looking ahead, it helps to look back. At the 2026 Ontario Pest Management Conference, Josh Mosiondz, Provincial Minor Use Coordinator with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food & Agribusiness, will kick off our plenary speaker series with a look at how pesticide use

The Ontario Pest Management Conference is hosting its first winter webinar, continuing the conversation from our fall conference: using drones to deploy pest predators. This free event will take place on Tuesday, February 3, 2026, from 1:00 to 2:30 pm EST. What You Will Learn Dr. Rebecca Schmidt-Jeffris, a Research Entomologist with the US Department of Agriculture, will lead the conversation, "It's Raining Bugs! Benefits & Challenges of Deploying Pest Predators By Drone" . H

We extend our congratulations to the impressive achievements of our students at the 2025 Ontario Pest Management Conference (OPMC). This year’s Student Competition brought forth innovative research and engaging presentations from both undergraduate and graduate students, highlighting the future of pest management. We are excited to unveil the winners of this year’s competition, which included categories for Graduate Oral, Graduate Poster, and Undergraduate Poster presentation

Join us at the 2025 OPMC to hear how researchers are exploring innovative drone use for pest management.