An Natural Pest and Weed Administration Information for Extension Brokers and Technical Service Suppliers (TSPs).
This factsheet is supposed to offer extension brokers and technical service suppliers within the south with an outline of natural pest and weed administration, and enhance information of natural techniques to successfully help natural and transitioning-to-organic farmers.
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Pest and weed strain is among the most important challenges going through natural producers — affecting crop yields, product high quality, and the financial sustainability of farming operations. Within the sizzling, humid situations of the southern area, these pressures are particularly intense, making efficient, NOP-compliant administration methods important information for anybody advising farmers within the discipline.
This 75-min session is designed particularly for extension brokers, technical service suppliers (TSPs), and others who help natural and transitioning farmers within the South. Presenters stroll by the most typical bugs, illnesses, and weeds discovered throughout the SSARE area — from armyworm and root-knot nematode to pigweed and nutsedge — and join that regional context to the pest administration necessities outlined within the Nationwide Natural Program. Drawing on analysis carried out within the South, the session focuses on sensible, science-backed methods that extension brokers and TSPs can carry on to the farmers they serve, masking approaches to weed administration, insect and illness management, and the “many little hammers” IPM framework that underpins natural manufacturing.
