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Around The County Farms
By Gerald A. Carlson
Guest Writer
Intergrated Pest
Management:
Comparisons between
users and non-users on
commercial farms make it
possible to isolate the effect
of IPM on pest control costs,
yields and net returns. Such
comparisons can be made
for a given period or over
time for a given set of IPM
adopters. The examples
below are necessarily brief
and only serve to illustrate
some of the evaluation
features. More detailed
evaluations are available
from the authors.
IPM In Coastal Plains
Crops:
In 1979 and 1980, 17 farms
with about 5,500 acres of
com, soybeans and peanuts
kept complete records for
evaluation of IPM. Eleven
of the farms received IPM
services while six others did
not and served as a control
group. An effort was made
to select farmers who were
representative of the area.
The control group farmers
were selected to be similar
to the IPM cooperators. To
simplify comparisons,
standardized practices was
the initiation of weed,
disease, nematode, insect
and soil fertility monitoring
on the IPM farms.
Monitoring was intended to
improve selection, timing
and decisions to use
pesticides and fertilizer.
Pest control recom
mendations were also given.
A Coastal Plains Com
mission grant and Ex
tension Service support
helped initiate the program.
The intention was that the
program would become
privately operated after two
years. A cooperative
business organization was
formed to provide the
services and the Extension
Service kept business
records. The control group
received only business
record service.
Table 1 shows some of the
two-year average economic
figures for the two com
parison groups. For each of
the three crops, the per acre
pesticide use expenditures
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cent less) for the IPM
farmers. The IPM Towers
had a lower percentage of
all crops treated with
nematicides and applied
less fungicides on peanuts.
The IPM group expended
slightly more per acre for
herbicides. Other variable
costs were similar between
the comparison groups,
though seeding rates and
fertilization rates differed
somewhat.
The IPM farm yields and
net returns were higher for
soybeans and corn, but
lower for peanuts. However,
part of these differences
may be due to factors that
could not be controlled in the
evaluation period. To adjust
for this, production history
on these farmers was
evaluated to determine
whether the observed
pesticide use and yield
differences in the groups
were related to the new IPM
practices or to basic
productivity, managerial,
and operating differences
between the two groups.
Peanut yields in a five
year period (ASCS records)
prior to the IPM program
were about 332 pounds
higher for the control group
but only 296 pounds higher
during the IPM study
period.
Corn yields were about 3.4
bushels per acre higher for
the IPM group for this prior
period (ASCS established
yield records). With these
yield adjustments,
assuming equal pre-IPM
variable costs, and equal
soybean yields, it appears
that the IPM practices in
creased yields, reduced
pesticide use and increased
net returns for each of the
three crops.
Using average 1979-80
prices, gross gains per acre
to IPM were $54 for
soybeans ($153 minus $99),
$49 for corn (SIBO minus
$131), and $37 for peanuts
($358 minus $321).
Extra monitoring and
advisory costs of the
program should be deducted
from these gains. This
example illustrates the
importance of collecting
pre-IPM yield and cost data
to verify the comparability
of control farms.
These data is based on
Intergrated Pest
Management Scouting
Program operated in
Chowan, Perquimans and
Pasquotank counties 1979
and 1980.
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Mathematics. She is
currently employed as a
software specialist at
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Mr. Small is a graduate of
John A. Holmes High School
and is a part - time employee
of Parker-Evans Hardware.
He also farms with his
father.
The wedding is planned
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Hatteras; Mr. and Mrs. Tim
Midgett, Hatteras; Miss
Marilyn Austin, Raleigh;
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Baum,
Mr. John Barnett, Mr.
Wayne Barnett, Wanchese,
N. C.; Mr. and Mrs. Louis
Dickerson, Wilmington,
N. C.; Mr. Tom Cross,
Raleigh; Dr. Jim Brown,
Burlington; Mr. and Mrs.
Reggie Griffin, New Bern;
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Richmond; Mr. Mike
Covington, Greenville; Miss
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Leary, Raleigh; Mr. Trent
Ragland and Miss Ann West,
Raleigh; Mr. Brian Twiddy,
Nags Head; Mr. Jim Partin,
Raleigh; Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Yates, Apex; Mrs. Steve
Kimmel, Greensboro and
Mrs. Iris Brown of Eden.
Mr. and Mrs. Oliver
Banks- of-Raleigh were
guests of Mrs. J. W. White
last weekend.
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Harless Annotnces New Program
A. B. Harless, Jr. from
Chowan County, board
member of the American
Lung Association of North
Carolina, Eastern Region,
has announced that the
association held a coffee
recently at the Governor’s
Mansion for the kick-off of a
new Lung Association
program called “Super
stuff.
Greeting guests were
Mrs James Hunt, wife of
McGruff Makes Appearance
McGruff, a six foot,
floppy-eared, crime-biting
crusader who is well on his
way to becoming the
national sybibol for crime
prevention has been
assigned to “take a bite out
of crime” in North Carolina.
Gov. Jim Hunt said, “I am
proud to announce that
McGruff has been assigned
to full-time duties with our
Crime Prevention Division.
I am confident that he will
be a valuable member of our
crime prevention team.”
McGruff is scheduled to
make his appearance in
Edenton as the guest of
Chowan County Sheriff’s
the governor; Dh Sarah
Morrow, Secretary of the
North Carolina Department
of Human Resources; and
W. Herbert Hollowell, Jr., of
Edenton, president of the
American Lung Association
of North Carolina.
Also attending the
reception was five-year-old
Casey Weisenberger and
her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Bob Weisenberger of
Greenville. Casey is serving
Department.
McGruff will have ap
peared Tuesday and
Wednesday at Chowan
County Fairgrounds. The
Crime Prevention
Educational Exhibit van
was also displayed.
The Crime Prevention
Division of the N. C.
Department of Crime
Control and Public Safety
joins with the Chowan
County Sheriff’s Depart
ment in presenting
McGruff, and encourages
all Edenton residents to do
their part to “take a bite out
of crime.”
Thursday, September 24, 1981
as the 1981 Christmas Seal
Representative of the
Eastern Region of the
American Lung Association
and will aid the organization
in promoting the new
“Superstuff” program as
well as the Christmas Seal
Campaign during the
coming months. Casey has
been treated for asthma
since she was six weeks old.
“Superstuff”, developed
by the American Lung
Association, is a new self
help program for children
with asthma and their
parents. It consists of a
package of educational
materials, carefully
prepared and tested. The
package includes a colorful
spiral bound 86-page book
for children packed with
games, riddles, puzzles, cut
outs, stories and many other
enticing child appealing
sections.
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