Hill/McLennan Steering Committee Meeting – June 17, 2009
Issues and Needs for the next 3-5 years
I. Economic Competitiveness
- Scouting Programs – Survey and Intensive
- Less spraying
- Less fuel used
- Early warning of pests
- Economic thresholds used
- TPMA Structure important to accomplish goals
- Unbiased information
- Information development/dissemination
- Products/efficacy
- New pests
- Information exchange with TDA (regulatory)
- Transgenic crop cultivars
- State-wide network – early warning of pest development
- Dissemination of biological/damage/management information
- Large State – distances a challenge
- High Input costs
- Fertilizer
- Fuel
- Seed – cotton & corn
- Pest/Disease information
- Ear worm – corn
- Aflatoxin – corn
- Root rot – cotton
- Broadleaf weeds – cotton
- Glyphosate resistant weeds
- Grass control – grain sorghum
- Sorghum midge – grain sorghum
- Greenbugs – wheat
- Rust – wheat
- Insecticide/herbicide resistance
- Environmental Quality – Green Program
- Scouting
- Economic thresholds – reduced spraying
- Maintaining beneficial insects
- Water Quality
- Optimum yields with less fertilizer
- IPM – less pesticide
- Boll weevil eradication – Green Program