IPM Integrated Pest Management incentive program

UC IPM Online

November 17 , 2006
Growers can make money if they use UC integrated pest management year-round program for crops.

The California Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is offering $125 per acre to growers to use the University of California Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program’s year-round IPM programs for their crops.

To be eligible for NRCS’ Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), a crop must have a complete year-round program available on UC IPM’s Web site. Under How to Manage Pests, click on agriculture and floriculture and choose your crop. Currently, programs are available for almonds, cotton, grapes, nectarines, peaches, plums, and prunes. Alfalfa, avocados, pears, and tomatoes will be available by early 2007, in time for the next growing season. The year-round IPM programs identify major activities growers need to do at each crop growing stage to implement a comprehensive IPM program.

Call Alan Forkey, program manager at (530) 792-5653, or Mark Parson, EQIP program specialist, (530) 792-5660.