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Crop Profiles & Pest Management Strategic Plans

Crop Profiles & Pest Management Strategic Plans. Steve Toth Associate Director - Regulatory Issues Southern Region IPM Center. Crop Profiles. Initiated in response to information needs of EPA and USDA for FQPA implementation

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Crop Profiles & Pest Management Strategic Plans

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  1. Crop Profiles &Pest Management Strategic Plans Steve Toth Associate Director - Regulatory Issues Southern Region IPM Center

  2. Crop Profiles • Initiated in response to information needs of EPA and USDA for FQPA implementation • Profiles focus on a particular commodity/site in a given state/territory • Provide “production story” for a commodity, including current pest management practices (chemical and non-chemical) • Additional items have been added in recent years (i.e., worker activities, crop timelines) in response to EPA needs for information

  3. Responsibilities for Crop Profiles • USDA Regional IPM Centers serve as the lead organizations (aid in the funding, completion, distribution and web publication) • Authors encouraged to contact IPM Center or State Contacts for assistance and guidance • State Contacts can help stakeholders identify needs for crop profiles, provide funds, assist authors in document preparation, and review and forward final document to IPM Center

  4. Guidelines for DevelopingCrop Profiles

  5. 168 Crop Profiles for States and Territories in Southern Region

  6. 2004 Crop Profiles • Florida cabbage and watermelons • Georgia snap beans, peaches, and peanuts • North Carolina apples, livestock, ornamentals, public health, small grains, and turfgrass • South Carolina peaches • Tennessee strawberries • Virginia alfalfa

  7. Crop Profiles Proposed for 2004-05 • Florida bell peppers and tomatoes • Georgia cabbage, cotton, cucumbers, kale, peanuts, poultry (broilers), rye, snap beans, squash, sweet corn, and watermelons • North Carolina landscapes, snap beans, and squash • Oklahoma peanuts and stocker cattle • Tennessee upland cotton and sorghum harvested for silage • Virginia ginseng, kale, and turkeys

  8. Pest Management Strategic Plans • Communication from growers and other pest managers to regulators and granting agencies • Provide realistic view of pest management issues and strategies used in field • Forum for growers, pest managers and other stakeholders to set research, education and regulatory priorities

  9. Pest Management Strategic Plans • Plans focus on commodity production in a particular state, region or the nation • Pest-by-pest approach to identifying current pest management practices (chemical and non-chemical) and those under development • Develop stakeholder priorities for research, education and regulation

  10. Benefits ofPest Management Strategic Plans • Regulators receive actual pest management information, avoid default assumptions • Granting agencies, commodity groups and regulators gain stakeholder priorities for research, education and regulation • Scientists acquire documentation of stakeholder needs/priorities for use in seeking grant funding • Growers gain information to support Section 18 Exemption and 24(c) SLN requests • Pesticide registrants can identify markets for the development of new products

  11. Responsibilities forPest Management Strategic Plans • USDA Regional IPM Centers serve as the lead organizations (aid in the funding, completion, distribution and web publication) • Authors encouraged to contact IPM Center early in process for assistance, guidance • State Contacts can help stakeholders identify a need for PMSP, provide funds, assist in drafting document, facilitate workshop, and review and forward final document to IPM Center

  12. Guidelines for DevelopingPest Management Strategic Plans

  13. 30 Pest Management Strategic Plans for States and Territories in Southern Region

  14. Pest Management Strategic PlansProposed for 2004-05 • North Carolina/Virginia ginseng, snap beans, tobacco, tomatoes, and turkeys • Texas cotton

  15. Questions and Discussion

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