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Certified Crop Advisor North American Board Meeting September 16, 2014 Sacramento, CA Jane Petzoldt, Project Coordinator Mark Adelsperger, Resource Management Specialist Kip Studer, CCA, TSP, Resource Management Planner Dr. Thomas Green, CCA,

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Certified Crop Advisor North American Board Meeting

September 16, 2014 Sacramento, CA

Jane Petzoldt, Project Coordinator Mark Adelsperger, Resource Management Specialist Kip Studer, CCA, TSP, Resource Management Planner

  • Dr. Thomas Green, CCA, TSP, President and Cofounder

IPM Institute of North America

2012, 2009 US EPA Sustained Excellence in IPM Award 2009, 2008, 2005, 2004 National Champion, US EPA Pesticide Environmental Stewardship Program 2005 Children’s Environmental Health Recognition Award, US EPA Office of Children’s Health Protection

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Le Leveragin ing marketpla lace power to

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improve hea ealt lth, en envir ironment and ec economic ics

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Check Strip

BMP Strips

Eighth International IPM Symposium March 2015, Salt Lake City

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10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 Tried new Stopped buying Recommend Believe healthier Will pay more Would buy

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Customers choosing green Sustainability Dri rivers

Source: http://www.contextmarketing.com/sources/feb28-2010/cm-ethicalfood-cover.pdf

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Food/Bev Supply Chain Impacts

Source: http://www.greenbiz.com/research/report/2013/02/state-green-business-report-2013

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Ag retailers as leaders

  • Iowa Clean Water Alliance
  • Illinois Keep it for the Crop
  • 4R Certification

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Objective

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Identify, increase acres of ag retail products and services that cut P losses in the Sandusky River Watershed.

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Products and services

  • 1. Searched John Crumrine’s toolbox of BMPs for P-loss

reduction.

  • Priority opportunities:

Cover crops Soil testing Grid/zone sampling Variable rate P application Apply for following crop only Apply in rooting zone

  • Other BMPs ag retailers can do relatively inexpensively:

Notify after P application so farmers can cover Comply with 590 setbacks Calibrate equipment annually Don’t apply to frozen ground or in advance of rainfall Notify farmers of issues they may be unaware of: tile blowouts gullies filter strips and waterways in need of repair

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Products and services?

  • Products/services with more research needed:

Liquid P applications Foliar P applications Controlled release P formulations P-max, Avail Nutrient Management Conservation Activity Plans EQIP 590 Nutrient Management Plans

  • Services requiring additional revenue:

Shift P application timing closer to crop need Stratified soil sampling

  • 2. Surveyed ag retailers to develop a baseline of acres per

year.

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Resources to increase acres

Agronomist Handbook

1) Agronomist/Farmer Factsheets

Variable rate, strip tillage, cover crops, CAP 104, P-loss hotspots, NRCS funding

2) Sample CAP 104 with cover sheet 3) CAP 104 Initial Application

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Resources continued

4) 4R Wallet Card

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Estimating P loss reductions

Nutrient Loss Reduction Calculator outputs:

  • HRU and SRW-wide P-loss reduction estimates

Cover crops Soil tests to apply at Tri-State Recommendations Custom banding VRT Apply in rooting zone Apply for following crop Grid sampling Comply with setbacks

New features and updates:

  • Profit margin estimates for retailers
  • Updated P-loss reduction estimates – Total P and DRP

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P Loss Reduction Calculator

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Projecting P-loss reductions: Total P and DRP

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  • 100,000

200,000 300,000 400,000 500,000 600,000 700,000 Lbs DRP

DRP Load Reduction by BMP - Average Growth

Grid Sampling Soil Testing Strip Tillage Variable Rate Cover Crops

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* IJC WLEB Total P Target for 2022 for all DRP sources: 661,386 lbs

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2,000,000 3,000,000 4,000,000 5,000,000 6,000,000 7,000,000 Lbs total P

Total P Load Reduction by BMP - Average Growth

Grid Sampling Soil Testing Strip Tillage Variable Rate Cover Crops

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* IJC WLEB Total P Target for 2022 for all P sources: 7,054,792 lbs

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Projecting retailer revenue

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$0 $5,000,000 $10,000,000 $15,000,000 $20,000,000 $25,000,000 2011-12 2012-13 2016 2019 2022 Ag retailer profit margin

Ag Retailer Profit Margins by BMP - Average Growth

Grid Sampling Soil Testing Strip Tillage Variable Rate Cover Crops

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NRCS Programs

First Streamlined TSP Training Workshop in Ohio

  • NRCS Training - Conservation Planning & Nutrient Management
  • OSU Ext. Training – Manure Management Planner Software

43 CCA Participants

  • 31 new TSPs certified for CAP 104.
  • 25 employed by ag retailers.

Trainee support

  • Sample CAP 104 Plan.
  • Email every two weeks with updates, resources.
  • Technical assistance with RUSLE2, MMP, MapWindows GIS and

numerous other questions.

  • Marketing: press releases, articles, radio shows, mailings.

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Sample plan

Original plan was submitted in November, 2013 to OH, MI, IN, approved July 2014. Plan meets NRCS requirements

  • Does plan meeting the needs of farmers? Retailers?
  • Planning software not compatible with ag retailer software.
  • What is role of CAP 104 vs. 590?

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Ideas

New Working Group?

  • Ag retailers, NRCS, SWCDs, state lead agency collaboration
  • Improve planning tools, plans, participation in NRCS

programs

  • Identify additional priority opportunities to evaluate, e.g.,

liquid P

  • Network with KIC 2025, Agriculture’s Clean Water Alliance

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Ideas

Strip Till Co-op Feasibility

  • New 16-row equipment covers 200-240 acres/day; allows

for GPS/RTK precision planting.

  • Work with two ag retail outlets to purchase equipment,

track economic outcomes.

Software Tool

  • Deliver site-specific data from ag retailer software to CAP

104/590 plan template; 4R Certification reports

  • Real time product/service/BMP/P-loss reduction data

collection; roll up by retailer, industry, watershed.

  • Improve triple bottom line for social, economic and

environmental outcomes

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Ideas

Disproportionality, addressing P-loss hotspots:

  • 20% of farmers/farms/acres account for 80% of water quality

impacts (Nowak et al. 2006).

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Pilot?

Use latest technology to ID hotspots, follow up with landowners:

  • How many hot spots per square mile?
  • What are the P-loss contributions?
  • What % of hotspots can be remediated, P-loss reduction

achieved, and at what return on investment?

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IPM?

  • Similar potential for ag retailers to reduce pesticide

impacts, improve yields and quality with scouting, weather monitoring, equipment calibration.

  • Independent consultants limited in number.
  • Specialty CCA credential for IPM? Specialty crops?
  • ipmprime.com estimates site-specific pesticide risk,

documents risk reduction. Shows enormous progress in risk reduction in US ag since FQPA!

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THANK YOU!

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A project of the IPM Institute of North America

with collaborators and funders