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National Alliance of Independent Crop Consultants

Independent C Independent Consultant

• nsultants

s to to Ag Agricult ricultur ure

• Provide grower production guidance and

technical support to Industry Marketing/Sales, R&D and Regulatory groups

• Sell no products, have no quotas to meet
• Advocate only their client’s interests
• Implement Best Management and Site-Specific

practices

Independent C Independent Consultant

• nsultants

s to to Ag Agricult ricultur ure

• Comprised of 3 Groups of Professionals
• Crop Consultants
• Research Consultants
• QA Consultants

Multid Multidisciplin isciplinar ary

• Agronomists
• Entomologists
• Plant Pathologists
• Weed or Plant Scientists
• General Agriculture

Educa Education L tion Levels els

• Highly educated, Experienced Professionals
• 53% Bachelor of Science
• 27% Masters Degree
• 20% Doctorate Degree

Dem Demog

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phics of

• f NAICC

AICC Memb Member ers

20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180

West Midwest South East International

West Midwest South East International

Ser Services vices Cr Crop Cons

• p Consultants

ultants Pr Provide vide

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 16% 17% 21% 39% 46% 70% 79% 87% 92%

Weed/Insect Control Recommendations Fertilizer Recommendations Soil Testing Crop Inspection / Scouting

Integrated Crop/Pest Mgmt Recommendations

Seed Variety Recommendations Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plans Irrigation Management Manure Management

Ho How F w Frequentl equently y Do Y Do You F

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Crop

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Consultant? ltant?

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90

Always Most of the time Some of the time Never

90 % 80 % 70 % 60 % 50 % 40 % 30 % 20 % 10 % 0 %

• f the time of the time

Always Most Some Never

How many ADDITIONAL acres are affected by your prescriptions?

% of Consultants 3x your client base 15% 2x your client base 29% 1x your client base 23% Don’t know 33%

Actual V Actual Value alue of

• f Pr

Products

• ducts

Recom ecommend mended by ed by NAICC AICC Memb Member ers

Location Acres Seed & Tech. Fees Fertilizer Chemicals

East Coast (1)

53,450 $ 3,594,100 $ 2,373,750 $ 5,087,750

East Coast (2)

28,830 $ 1,353,400 $ 2,114,040 $ 6,382,440

East Coast (3)

34,000 $ 1,796,800 $ 1,750,900 $ 2,986,100

Southeast

51,300 $ 4,142,500

• $ 24,867,000

Delta (1)

65,000 $ 3,160,000 $ 2,567,500 $ 7,687,500

Delta (2)

40,500 $ 1,364,000 $ 2,068,000 $ 3,812,000

Upper Midwest

890,000 $ 35,040,000 $ 35,600,000 $ 38,065,000

Southwest

19,512 $ 1,712,937 $ 2,305,545 $ 3,752,405 Grand Total 1,182,592 $ 52,163,737 $ 48,779,735 $ 92,640,195

NOTE: This is the actual dollar value of recommendations made by NAICC crop consultants from only 8 consulting companies across the US. Each location represents data from one NAICC crop consulting company. These values are actual and do not represent the value of copied recommendations This document is a work in progress as we are continually adding new data to fill the gaps and to solidify existing data.

Actual V Actual Value alue of

• f Pr

Products

• ducts

Recom ecommend mended by ed by NAICC AICC Memb Member ers

Location Acres Seed & Tech. Fees Fertilizer Chemicals

East Coast (1)

53,450 $ 3,594,100 $ 2,373,750 $ 5,087,750

East Coast (2)

28,830 $ 1,353,400 $ 2,114,040 $ 6,382,440

East Coast (3)

34,000 $ 1,796,800 $ 1,750,900 $ 2,986,100

Southeast

51,300 $ 4,142,500

• $ 24,867,000

Delta (1)

65,000 $ 3,160,000 $ 2,567,500 $ 7,687,500

Delta (2)

40,500 $ 1,364,000 $ 2,068,000 $ 3,812,000

Upper Midwest

890,000 $ 35,040,000 $ 35,600,000 $ 38,065,000

Southwest

19,512 $ 1,712,937 $ 2,305,545 $ 3,752,405 Grand Total 1,182,592 $ 52,163,737 $ 48,779,735 $ 92,640,195

NOTE: This is the actual dollar value of recommendations made by NAICC crop consultants from only 8 consulting companies across the US. Each location represents data from one NAICC crop consulting company. These values are actual and do not represent the value of copied recommendations This document is a work in progress as we are continually adding new data to fill the gaps and to solidify existing data.

Resea esearch Consult h Consultants ants

• Help bridge R & D and Marketing information

gaps with Independent third party regulatory and efficacy field studies

• Provide quality management oversight to

maintain data integrity and regulatory compliance

Con Contr tract R act Resea esearch S h Ser ervices vices

• Efficacy and Crop Tolerance studies for Product

Development and Market Support

• Seed Variety and Biotech Trait Evaluations
• Program and protocol development, field trial

execution, data summary and reporting

• Regulatory studies – Residue, Environmental

Fate and Exposure field studies

• Data confidentiality maintained

Independent Quality Independent Quality Ass Assur urance ance Pr Prof

• fess

essionals ionals

• Independent 3rd party oversight for studies

submitted to EPA, USDA and FDA

• Focused on Agriculture
• Training in EPA GLP, USDA-APHIS Guidelines
• Assure research programs are in compliance

with pesticide and biotech regulations

• Work with Crop and Research Consultants and
• thers to implement Stewardship programs

Go Gover ernment nmental Af al Affair airs

• Pesticide Policy Coalition (PPC)
• IPM - PIPE
• IPM CAPS
• IPM Voice
• EQIP - Technical Service Providers
• EPA Scientific Advisory Committee
• USDA Grant Review Panels

Go Gover ernment nmental Af al Affair airs

• EPA - OECD
• USDA Soybean Rust Working Group
• CPCC-I are recognized as “agricultural experts”

in providing good farming practice (GFP) recommendations for documenting growers’ Federal Crop Insurance Claims

National Alliance of Independent Crop Consultants

349 East Nolley Drive Collierville, TN 38017 Phone: 901-861-0511 Fax: 901- 861-0512 www.naicc.org Allison Jones, Executive Vice President AllisonJones@NAICC.org