2009 Private Applicator Certification Program IPM Assessment (Turning Point Data) Pesticide Safety & Environmental Education Program Fritz Breitenbach, IPM Specialist Lisa Behnken, Ryan Miller, Liz Stahl, and Dave Nicolai, Regional Extension Educators Jerry Tesmer, Fillmore/Houston Extension Educator Tom Van Der Linden, Winona Extension Educator Brad Carlson, Steel and Rice Extension Educator Diane Stouffer, Le Sueur and Blue Earth Extension Educator Adapted from University of Wisconsin Pest Management Assessment for Field Corn (12-6-01-Univ. of Wis.-Madison, IPCM program) How old are you? (1530 responses) 18% Over 65 years 12% 61 65 years 16% 56-60 years 18% 51-55 years 15% 46-50 years 11% 41-45 years 6% 36-40 years 3% 31-35 years 3% 26-30 years 1% 18-25years How many years have you been farming? (1526 responses) How many of Corn do you plant? (1064 responses) 10 2% 1-5 years 9 8 5% 14% 6-10 years 11-20 years 28% 21-30 years 53% 31 or more years 7 6 5 4 3 2 4% Don't plant corn 11% Less than 100 35% 101-300 24% 301-500 13% 501-700 13% More than 700
How many of Soybeans do you plant? (1076 responses) How many of Alfalfa do you plant? (1065 responses) 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 9% Don't plant beans 16% Less than 100 34% 101-300 22% 301-500 501-700 9% More than 700 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 57% Don't plant Alfalfa 33% Less than 100 9% 101-300 1% 1% 301-500 501-700 More than 700 How many of other crops do you plant? (1031 responses) What is your crop production goal? (374 responses) 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 58% 31% 9% 1% 1% 1% Don't Less than 101-300 301-500 501-700 More than plant other crops 100 700 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 11% 9% Maximum yield Best environmental 3% Adhering to government 77% Highest economic return
You generally plant soybeans at a seeding rate (1039 responses) Don't plant beans More than 200,000 s/a 180,001-200,00 s/a 160,001-180,000 s/a 140,001-160,000 s/a 120,001-140,000 s/a 100,001-120,000 s/a 80,001-100,000 s/a 80,000 or less s/a 1% 5% 3% 3% 2% 9% 11% 26% Which of the following practices do you utilize on your farm? (1523 Responses) 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 Spray own Scout own Hire a crop consultant to scout Hire an Elevator/Co-op agronomist to scout 5 Spread own fertilizer Custom applicator (fertilizer) Custom applicator (herbicides, insecticides, etc) Which of the following kinds of information do you strongly consider when selecting seed varieties for your farm? (1396 responses) Which of the following sources do you rely on for crop and pest management information? (1463 responses) Comparisons of University Variety seed prices and Trial Information, expected seed No response 34% performance, 26% checked, Recommendations or testimonials from others, 37% Other, 2% Independent (non- University) variety trial information, 45% Neighbor recommendations, 19% Private industry resources & websites, 31% I have no regular source that I go to, Blogs, 1% No response University checked, 5% resources, newsletters, and websites, 54% Personal past experience, 78% Seed company advertisements, 17% Side by side, nonreplicated strip test information, 34% Elevator/Cooperati ve resources & websites, 7 Independent, nonprofit organization resources and websites, 22%
I rely on the following University of Minnesota resources to gain crop management and IPM related knowledge and practices: (1389 Responses) Do you regularly keep records for the following on your farm? (Select all that apply) (3207 responses) Don't keep records 6% Manure applications 33% Pest infestations Pesticide used & rates Yield Fertilizer & Lime 25% 76% 81% 83% Soil Tests 98% Do you have endangered species on your farm? (601 responses) Reasons you ve moved toward less aggressive tillage systems for corn and soybeans: (1465 responses)
For corn after soybeans, what tillage systems are you typically using for most of you CORN? (1388 responses) For soybeans after corn, what tillage systems are you typically using for most of your SOYBEAN? (1374 responses) What were your top two crop production problems in CORN during the 2008 growing season? (1470 Responses) What were your top two crop production problems in SOYBEAN during the 2008 growing season? (1360 responses)
You generally plant FIELD CORN at a seeding rate of: (1498 Responses.) Which herbicide application timings do you usually use in CORN? (1473 Responses.) Which herbicide application timings do you usually use in SOYBEANS? (503 Responses) When do you make your records? (986 responses) Don't keep records When I get a call from MDA 5% 4% When I have time 16% When it rains 5% Within a month 12% Within 2 weeks 58%
My Pest Management Strategy is: (438 responses) My most troublesome soybean insect pests are: (710 responses) Other Stinkbug 1% Spider mites 13% Soybean cyst nematode 44% Soybean aphid 69% Seed corn maggots Potato leafhopper 5% Grasshoppers 2% Bean leaf beetle 8% Don't raise soybean 15% How do you manage soybean aphids? (1355 Responses) How do you decide when to apply a foliar insecticide to control soybean aphids? (1333 responses)
How many insecticide applications did you apply to control soybean aphids in 2008? (Select only one) (878 responses) Which of the following best describes your corn rootworm management practices? (1402 responses) My two most troublesome Early season corn pests are: (650 responses) My two most troublesome Late season corn pests are: (725 responses) Other Hopvine borer White grubs Wireworm Seed corn maggot Common stalk borer Cutworms Don't raise corn 4% 3% 2% 22% 28% 36% 39% Other Armyworm Western bean cutworm Corn rootworm Corn earworm European corn borer Don't raise corn 1% 7% 5% 2% 26% 5 7
Do you have problems with CORN nematodes on your farm? (1405 responses) Do you have problems with northern corn rootworms in corn following soybeans? (Select only one) (502 responses) 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 39% 35% 15% 11% No Yes Don't know Don't raise soybeans Do you have problems with western corn rootworms in corn following soybeans? (Select only one) (476 responses) How do you manage corn rootworms in FIRST YEAR CORN? (1514 responses) 10 9 Don't raise corn 3% 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 44% 18% 25% 12% No Yes Don't know Don't raise soybeans Below labeled rate I plant CRW rootworm corn I use liquid insecticides I use granular insecticides I use seed treatments No problems with CRW in 1st year corn 3% 9% 22% 25% 28% 56%
How do you manage corn rootworms in continuous corn? (1354 responses) Because of the threat of northern corn rootworm extended d diapause, I will: (Select all that apply) (1291 responses) Do you have Soybean Cyst Nematode (SCN)? (1083 responses) What are your SCN Soil test numbers? What are your SCN Soil test numbers? (551 responses) 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 65% 13% 15% 8% No Yes Don't Know Don't raise soybeans
How do you scout for Soybean Cyst Nematode (SCN) on your farm? (Select all that apply) (1288 responses) How do you manage SCN on your farm? (Select all that apply) (1477 responses) 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 5 44% 17% 8% Soil iltestt Dig plants Don't scout Don't raise soybeans Don't raise soybeans Rotate SCN varieties based on resistance gene Plant SCN resistant varieties Rotate out of soybeans for 2 or more years Don't manage SCN 7% 12% 23% 27% 67% Do you consider environmental safety or risks when choosing pesticides? (578 responses) Do you follow the Atrazine setbacks? (1004 responses) Don't apply Atrazine 42% What setbacks? 5% Some of the time 4% Most of the time All of the time 21% 28%
Banning Atrazine in Minnesota would increase my corn weed control costs by: (584 responses) What do you consider when choosing pesticides? (3742 responses) Don't use Atrazine 2 Carryover Potential 47% $0-$2/ac$2/ac 7% $3-$6/ac 17% $7-$10/ac 23% $11-$14/ac 18% $15-$19/ac 9% $20 or more/ac 6% Crop Safety 52% Weed Resistance 48% Risk to Applicator 44% Price 66% Effectiveness of Control 77% Environmental Safety 52% What do you usually wear when working Don't wear protective with pesticides? (1050 responses) Does glyphosate (the active ingredient in Roundup) work as well today as it did when you first used it? (185 responses) Coveralls Eye Protection Apron-when mixing and Gloves
Is Glyphosate (the active ingredient in Roundup) a contact or systemic herbicide? (1005 responses) My TWO (2) most troublesome grass/sedge weeds in row crops are: (1462 responses) Yellow nutsedge Yellow foxtail Wolly cupgrass Wild proso millet Quackgrass Giant foxtail Green foxtail Crabgrass Barnyardgrass 11% 23% 3 14% 18% 21% 8% 4% 42% My TWO (2) most troublesome broadleaf weeds in row crops are: (1558 responses) Are you concerned about weed resistance on your farm? (560 responses)
Do you think you have glyphosate resistant weeds on your farm? (552 responses) Which weed species do you suspect are resistant to glyphosate? (1558 responses) How do you manage weed resistance? (1591 responses) What type of nozzle do you usually use? What type of nozzle do you usually use? (462 responses) Preplant herbicide followed 4 Tank mix with additional 53% Not concerned about weed 5% Rotate herbicide mode of 52% Use mechanical control 18%
Do you plan on making a fungicide application for CORN plant health purposes (select only one)? (371 responses) Do you plan on making a fungicide application for SOYBEAN plant health purposes? (315 responses) How would you rate this workshop s overall value to you? (1142 responses) How much did you learn at this workshop? (1137 responses)
How many practices do you plan to change or adopt based on what you learned at this workshop? (1142 responses) Since you last certified, how many practices did you change or adopt based on what you learned last time? (1107 responses) I have significantly increased the following in the last five years as a result of University of Minnesota Extension Crop Management (1417 responses) What did you think of the interactive questions? (clickers?) (1088 responses)