Hockley/Cochran IPM Steering Committee Meeting
7-23-09
Issues/Needs for the Next 3-5 Years
- Economic Competitiveness
- Water Quantity and Quality
- Irrigation Efficiency – Drip Irrigation
- No-Till and Other Tillage Stystems
- Alternative Crops
- Safflower
- Black-eyed Peas
- Sunflower
- Sorghum
- Wheat
- Peanuts
- Grapes
- Yield (Cotton)
- Varieties – Transgenic and Conventional Cultivars
- Cost of Seed –Transgenic Crops
- Production Systems for Transgenic Crops
- Selection on Weeds for Resistance in Transgenic Systems
- Drought Tolerance
- Herbicide Drift in Mixed Conventional/Transgenic Production
- Fertilization
- Cost
- Sampling & Intelligent Use
- Timing
- Crop Rotation With Fallow
- Pests (all)
- Diseases
- Verticillium
- Nematodes – Root Knot (now), Reniform (future)
- Weeds
- Herbicide Tolerant Weeds
- Herbicide Tolerant Crops as Weeds (peanuts, cotton, milo)
- Mare’s Tail
- Bindweed
- Morning Glory
- Grassy Weeds
- Insects
- Insecticide Resistance
- Lygus
- Bollworm
- Thrips (from wheat)
- Other Pests- Feral Hogs
- Land use and Production Issues
- CRP Phase Out
- Wind Energy
- Wild Life
- Eco-tours
- Absentee Land Owners
- Easements – Weed and Brush Issues
- Environmental Issues
- Water Quality and Quantity
- Environmental Education
- Agriculture a “Green” Industry
- Land and Water Use Issues
- Eco-tourism
- Alternative Crops
- Crop Rotation/Fallow
- Carbon Credits
- Fertilizer Related Issues
- Wind Erosion – CRP Phase Out
- Feral Hogs and Their Environmental Damage
- Education
- Agricultural Literacy – Adult and Youth
- Food Safety Education
- Public Education About Agriculture & IPM
- Youth Education About Agriculture & IPM