Pesticide Program

Ronda Hirnyck, Pesticide Program Coordinator University of Idaho-Boise Center Department of Plant, Soil & Entomological Sciences 800 Park Blvd., Suite 200 Boise, ID  83712 Phone: (208) 364-4046 FAX:  (208) 364-4035 E-mail: rhirnyck@uidaho.edu

Services Available:

The IR-4 Program  IR-4 is a federal agriculture program that carries out the research needed for the registration or "clearance" of pest control materials on minor crops. We work with farmers, agriculture scientists and extension personnel to carry out the research and petition the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in order to obtain tolerances for specific pesticide uses. IR-4 receives funds to carry out its mission from both USDA-Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service (CSREES) and USDA-Agricultural Research Service (ARS).  Cooperating scientists, consisting mainly of state and federal agricultural researchers, state extension personnel and commodity grower groups, carry out field trials to develop crop safety data and to collect residue samples. These samples are analyzed in IR-4 regional laboratories located at state agricultural experiment stations and federal analytical laboratories.

Calendar of Events:

IR-4 is providing funding for efficacy data generated on biopesticides. The RFP can be accessed from Rutgers University. Click on 'biopesticides' option, then click on 'news' option. This is the first time that IR-4 has taken this sort of action for biopesticides with monies left over from the formal RFP biopesticide program in the fall. An RFP for general efficacy research for conventional pesticides is soon to follow.

Idaho Pesticide Impact Assessment Program (Idaho PIAP)

The Idaho Pesticide Impact Assessment Program  is a part of the  Western Region PIAP and the (National Agricultural Pesticide Impact Assessment Program ).

Its purpose is to:

• Develop and analyze information on pesticide use and pest management practices and address agricultural pest control issues related to health and the environment.
• Determine the impacts of pesticide regulations on the agricultural commodities in Idaho.
• Develop Crop Profiles to address the current pesticide use and pest control practices in Idaho.
• Gather alternative information on pesticides identified by the USEPA as having potential problems

For more information contact:

For information on registered pesticides, pesticide disposal and container recycling, and pesticide applicator training and licensing, contact the Department of Agriculture, State of Idaho.
 

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Revised April 24, 2000.
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