| Program | 1995 Actual | 1996 Current Estimate | 1997 Budget |
| IPM Initiative - Research and Extension to address producer-identified needs | |||
| ARS Areawide IPM Research | $ 4 |
$ 4 |
$ 6 |
| CSREES:RE IPM Research Grants Prog | 3 |
3 |
3 |
| CSREES:RE Emerging Pest and Disease Issues | 0 |
2 |
4 |
| CSREES:Extension IPM Education | 11 |
11 |
15 |
| ERS IPM Research | 1 |
1 |
1 |
| Total, Initiative | 19 |
21 |
34 |
| Other Research and Application Programs - IPM and Biocontrol | |||
| ARS Research | 60 |
62 |
65 |
| CREES:RE NRI, Formulas, other | 43 |
37 |
37 |
| ERS Research | a/ |
a/ |
a/ |
| FS-IPM Research | 11 |
9 |
9 |
| Total, Ongoing Research | 114 |
108 |
111 |
| APHIS Application | 15 |
14 |
13 |
| FSA-ACP IPM Application | 6 |
7 |
8 |
| FS-IPM Application | 18 |
20 |
6 |
| Total, Application | 39 |
41 |
27 |
| Pesticide Use Data Collection and Analysis | |||
| AMS-Pesticide recordkeeping | 2 |
2 |
3 |
| ERS Pesticide use analysis | 1 |
2 |
2 |
| NASS Pesticide use surverys | 4 |
4 |
7 |
| Total, Data Collection and Analysis | 7 |
8 |
12 |
| Pesticide Registration, Clearance, Assessement, Training | |||
| AMS-Minor use clearance (IR-4) | 2 |
2 |
2 |
| CSREES:RE Minor use clearance (IR-4) | 6 |
6 |
11 |
| ARS/CSREES/ERS/FS NAPIAP | 7 |
6 |
6 |
| Total, Pesticide Registation | 15 |
14 |
19 |
| Total, IPM and Related Programs | $194 |
$192 |
$203 |
The USDA Strategic Plan for Integrated Pest Management (IPM) calls for the adoption of IPM practices on 75 percent of U.S. crop acreage by the year 2000. The IPM plan is an effort to coordinate the USDA research and extension programs with regional or State cooperators and producers who will implement IPM production practices. The Plan features close collaboration with producers, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and among USDA agencies. Priorities are established through a local/regional planning process with input from producers. This strategic effort is supported by a USDA-EPA Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for critical pest control technologies. Key components of the initiative follow:
Agricultural Research Service. Consistent with priorities established through the local/regional process outlined in the plan, ARS will establish areawide pest management approaches in cooperation with other agencies and private entities. An increase of $2 million for areawide pest management pilot studies would support projects such as codling moth on tree fruits, corn rootworm, pink bollworm on cotton, tobacco budmoth on cotton, and potato insects.
Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service. CSREES is responsible for organizing implementation teams that involve growers, researchers, and practitioners in identifying their most important problems and setting priorities for research and education programs that will meet their field implementation needs. The process of establishing these teams was begun in 1995. Resources requested in 1997 will support the research and extension activities of 16 teams.
CSREES will provide $8 million to fund an IPM Research Grants Program through a regional system of competitive awards to develop improved pest management systems and biological controls. Projects will be funded in collaboration with the $15 million Extension component and will be directed to priorities identified through the local/regional process. CSREES also proposes an increase of $2 million for the Emerging Pest and Disease Issues Program competitive research grants to develop alternative pest controls for crop-pest combinations where only one or a limited number of options are available. As appropriate, funds will be targeted to cases where pesticides are under EPA review for possible actions to limit their availability. This program directly addresses the MOU committing USDA and EPA to working proactively where regulatory action by EPA would reduce farmer competitiveness; limit producers' ability to adopt practices such as IPM; and ensure consumers a safe, abundant, high quality supply of food and other agricultural products. The development of an IPM Decision Support System, currently underway, will continue.
In addition, CSREES conducts important programs to assist the registration of minor crop pesticides (IR-4) and to compile information on the agricultural-related impacts of pesticide losses through the EPA registration process (NAPIAP).
Economic Research Service. ERS will support the IPM initiative through project and overall program evaluation and analysis of NASS survey data on pesticide use and IPM implementation.
National Agricultural Statistics Service. The National Agricultural Statistics Service will increase funding by $3 million to collect and analyze data on participation of farmers in IPM program and to expand pesticide use data collection sufficiently to account for total agricultural pesticide use on a national basis. These data will be used to measure progress in IPM adoption
