Crop Profiles & Pest Management Strategic Plans

Steve TothAssociate Director - Regulatory IssuesSouthern Region IPM Center

Crop ProfilesInitiated in response to information needs of EPA and USDA for FQPA implementationProfiles focus on a particular commodity/site in a given state/territoryProvide “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

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 guidanceState 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

Guidelines for DevelopingCrop Profiles

168 Crop Profiles forStates and Territoriesin Southern Region

2004 Crop ProfilesFlorida cabbage and watermelonsGeorgia snap beans, peaches, and peanutsNorth Carolina apples, livestock, ornamentals, public health, small grains, and turfgrassSouth Carolina peachesTennessee strawberriesVirginia alfalfa

Crop Profiles Proposed for 2004-05

Florida bell peppers and tomatoesGeorgia cabbage, cotton, cucumbers, kale, peanuts, poultry (broilers), rye, snap beans, squash, sweet corn, and watermelons North Carolina landscapes, snap beans, and squashOklahoma peanuts and stocker cattleTennessee upland cotton and sorghum harvested for silage Virginia ginseng, kale, and turkeys

Pest Management Strategic Plans

Communication from growers and other pest managers to regulators and granting agenciesProvide realistic view of pest management issues and strategies used in fieldForum for growers, pest managers and other stakeholders to set research, education and regulatory priorities

Pest Management Strategic Plans

Plans focus on commodity production in a particular state, region or the nationPest-by-pest approach to identifying current pest management practices (chemical and non-chemical) and those under developmentDevelop stakeholder priorities for research, education and regulation

Benefits ofPest Management Strategic Plans

Regulators receive actual pest management information, avoid default assumptionsGranting 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 fundingGrowers gain information to support Section 18 Exemption and 24(c) SLN requestsPesticide registrants can identify markets for the development of new products

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, guidanceState 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

Guidelines for DevelopingPest Management Strategic Plans

30 Pest ManagementStrategic Plans for

States and Territoriesin Southern Region

Pest Management Strategic PlansProposed for 2004-05

North Carolina/Virginia ginseng, snap beans, tobacco, tomatoes, and turkeysTexas cotton

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