| Extension/Outreach |
1 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
West Region. Enhance the timeliness of the
communication proces s to
growers and crop advisors
regarding economic thresholds,
degree-days and other predictive
models, and effective produc ts to
use. |
| Extension/Outreach |
2 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
West Region. Better inform growers regarding
the use of disease-resistant
hybrids. It is generally perceived
that growers are underutilizing
hybrids with advanced disease
resistance and that educational
program may provide significant
benefits to growers. |
| Extension/Outreach |
2 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
East Region. Edu cat e reg ulators and pub lic
policymakers that water quality
issues are being addressed
through proactive environmental
stewardship programs throughout
the Corn Belt. |
| Extension/Outreach |
3 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
East Region. Educate regulatory agencies of
atrazine’s role as an important
weed resistance management
tool. |
| Extension/Outreach |
3 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
West Region. Better inform growers regarding
the performance and role of
adjuvants on herbicide efficacy.
Adjuvants play an important role
in herbicide efficacy and their
proper selection and use is
viewed as a means of enhancing
profit ability. |
| Extension/Outreach |
4 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
East Region. Educate the pu blic on the benefits
of adoption of GMOs to include
advantages to production and the
environment. |
| Extension/Outreach |
5 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
East Region. Educate growers about use of
systems approaches that mitigate
herbicide contamination of ground
and surface waters so that
herbicides are not listed as a
pollutant on a state’s TMDL list. |
| Extension/Outreach |
12 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
East Region. Educate consumers and
regulators on the vital role of
atra zine to th e co rn ind ust ry. Th is
includes conveying an
understanding of its many
benefits to growers; applicator
saf ety, c rop s afe ty, synergist ic
effect with other products, wide
spectrum of activity, residual
activity, burndown activity, cost
effectiveness, efficacy, and lack of
suitable alternatives for some
uses. |
| Regulatory |
1 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
West Region. Retain low cost herbicides in
the market, especially atrazine
and 2,4-D. Keeping co steffective
products that meet a
wide range of needs and add
versatility to management
opt ions is critica l, particularly in
broadening the spectrum of
control of the other products.. |
| Regulatory |
1 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
East Region. Maintain current registered
uses of atrazine and the triazine
compounds for corn production. |
| Regulatory |
2 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
East Region. Find ways to assist the EPA in
using current production
practices and real world data to
evaluate products undergoing
re-registration |
| Regulatory |
2 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
West Region. Simplify labels so that they are
more consistently and directly
written, leading to better
compliance by applicators. Also
include potential long-term
human health affects on labels,
not just the MSDS. |
| Regulatory |
3 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
West Region. Encourage development of new
pesticides for field corn,
particularly in situations where
GMO hybrids are likely to be
widely used. A broad range of
modes of action continues to be
essential. |
| Regulatory |
3 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
East Region. Harmonize domestic
biotechnology regulatory
processes with foreign
customers as necessary to
remove trade barriers to U.S.
corn exports. |
| Regulatory |
4 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
West Region. Registration of Bt corn for corn
rootworm management is a high
priority. However, the
development of resistance
management plans, so that the
technology retains its
effectiveness, must be a
concomitant effort |
| Research |
1 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
East Region. Research long term, large-scale
systems approaches, including
economics, yield and multi-pests,
of no-till corn production systems.
Increased pest problems under
no-till are perceived to be a
significant factor in the decrease
in no-till corn acres. |
| Research |
1 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
West Region. Better understand weed biology
and eco logy. This is pa rticu larly
important with regards to
understanding the development of
weed resistance an d weed shifts
that result from weed
management practices such as
the use of glyphosate and
glufosinate-tolerant crops. |
| Research |
2 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
West Region.Improve our understanding of
wireworm and white grub b iology.
Also needed is supportive
research to determine scouting
techniques and predictive tools
for these increasingly important
pests.
. |
| Research |
2 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
East Region.The development of consumer
oriented (output) traits through
biotech is seen as a means of
breaking down consumer
resistance to much needed
agronomic GMO traits. |
| Research |
3 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
East Region. Continue and increase support to
public and private p lant breeders
to develop hybrid resistance for
all corn diseases . Growers
perceive this as a first line of
defense for maintaining
profit ability. |
| Research |
3 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
WestRegion. Encourage ongoing support for
private and public efforts to
improve corn’s genetic base,
particularly for disease
management. As a low margin
crop, breeding is acknowledged
as the linchpin for maintaining
profitability. |
| Research |
4 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
West Region. Determine methods of containing
drift and reducing off-site
movement of herbicides, and
communicate preca utionary
information in a more effective
manner |
| Research |
4 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
East Region. Research is needed on anti-drift
products, nozzles, etc/ to prevent
off-s ite movement o f sprays |
| Research |
5 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
East Region. Research is needed to evaluate
current stewardship programs in a
systems approach. Do they
compromise the growe rs ability to
control weeds by prohibiting the
use of some c ultural treatments
unnecessarily? Do restrictions on
tillage encourage winter annual
weeds and a concomitant
increase in the need for
herbicides and insecticides? |