Collin/Hunt & Northeastern Blacklands Steering Committee
7-13-09
Issues and Needs for the next 3-5 years
- Economic Competitiveness
- Feral Hogs
- Plant Diseases
- Aflatoxin (corn)
- Wheat Rust (fungicide resistance)
- Regulatory Issues
- Carbon Cap and Trade
- Need for Science Base in all Regulations
- Herbicide Issues
- Resistance
- Rye Grass
- Pig Weed (Palmer Amaranth, Red Root, Water Hemp)
- Johnson Grass
- Hemp Sesbania
- Toothed Spurge
- Ivy-leaf Morning Glory
- Weed Management in Crop Rotations
- Alternate Crops
- Hard Red Winter Wheat
- Sunflower
- Canola
- Soybean
- Milo
- Systems Optimization
- Strip Tillage
- Variable Rate Technology
- Phosphate Placement (depth and rate)
- Optimum Management to Limit Freeze damage (wheat)
- Inputs Management
- Cost of Transgenic Seed
- Best Management Systems
- Drought Tolerance
- Insects
- Environmental Issues
- Regulatory
- Off-site Movement
- Atrazine
- Diazinon (turf)
- Relief from 50% Requirement for Non-Bt Corn in N.E. Texas
- Consumer Education (IPM is a “Green” system)
- Education
- Need for Sources of Unbiased Information
- Public Sources
- Private Consultants
- Training People to Work in Agricultural Fields
- Scouting
- Need for Agricultural Support Resources
- Traditional Agriculture Research and Extension Center in N.E. Texas
- Land
- Facilities
- Equipment
- Staff