2026 update to Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Planning Tool launched
A new update to the free IPM Planning Tool was released Monday 12 January 2026, allowing growers and their advisors to better understand the success of their IPM strategies and help inform IPM planning decisions for future seasons.
Funded by Defra, the IPM Planning Tool has been used by over 2000 registered farmers, agronomists and advisors since 2023 to create over 5400 bespoke IPM cropping plans for free online.
Discover the IPM Planning ToolImproved functionality includes:
- The option to add information on the success of previous IPM control measures, to improve the ability to review the farm progress of IPM uptake.
- Improved layout of the summary and reporting function, which now includes all the information entered into the IPM plans by the user to create better IPM summaries.
- New general questions added for those who keep livestock.
- The ability to add land areas for each crop type entered into the IPM plans.
Access the IPM Planning Tool
The IPM Planning Tool is freely available at https://ipmtool.net/ or via the VI website.
BASIS crop protection and environmental advisor points are available for completing the tool.