COMMODITY PRODUCERS

1. 5 th USDA ARS USDA NIFA FOOD PROCESSORS COMMODITY PRODUCERS SAES EPA CROP PROTECTION INDUSTRY CONSUMERS ANNIVERSARY-2013

2. Core Objective • To Facilitate Registration of Sustainable Pest Management Technology for Specialty Crops and Minor Uses • Throughout the fifty years, IR-4 has adapted and modified its mission to provide the best service possible to US Specialty crop growers.

3. Specialty Crops Include: Most: Vegetables Fruits Nuts Herbs Spices

4. Specialty Crops Include: Most: Greenhouse Nursery Landscape Christmas Trees

5. Value of Specialty Crops in US Agriculture • are high value/low acreage crops • make up about $64 billion in sales

6. Enhanced Activities

7. Deliverables w/Food Crops

8. IR-4…The Story Continues The IR-4 Research Process and Special Programs

9. Stakeholder Involvement Grower experiences pest problem Identify Pest Management Solution

10. Stakeholder Involvement Request Reviewed by Industry Not Supported Process Starts with a Formal Request for Registration Assistance No further Activities Supported Enters Project Priority Setting System

11. Stakeholder Involvement Project Priority Setting System(supported projects) EPA review Red light/green light Final review before annual workshop Annual Review with Registrant 500 possible projects For workshop

12. Stakeholder Involvement 500 possible projects Grower, researchers & industry attend Identify top research priorities Use consensus decision making process by growers and researchers only Requests Prioritized at Food Use Workshop Web Nomination 200 remaining projects Approved Research Plan for following year 85 Studies

13. IR-4 International Activities • IR-4 supports US Exports by removing pesticide residues as a trade barrier and is active in the following areas. • NAFTA • Support Existing Tolerances (US Exports) • Leadership – NAFTA, OECD, Codex • Research • Global residue studies • Tomato & Blueberry • Capacity building

14. Capacity Development Why is IR-4 involved Vision of global network of capable minor use programs that can address grower needs and generate data. • Help establish and mentor these minor use programs (e.g. China, Brazil, Costa Rica) • Partner with other data development groups • Promote lower risk products

15. IR-4 Vision Global network of capable minor use programs working together to solve the MUP • Help establish and mentor these minor use programs • Partner with other data development groups • Address the many unresolved needs. Global Minor Use Foundation

16. Crop Grouping • OVERVIEW AND UPDATE

17. Crop Grouping • Basic Concept: Crop Grouping is used to facilitate the establishment of pesticide tolerances for a large number of crops based on residue data from selected representative crops • Crop Group: A group of crops that are botanically or taxonomically related. • A crop group includes representative crops.

18. Crop Grouping - Definitions • Representative Crop(s): Crops in a crop group whose residue data can be used to establish a tolerance on the entire crop group or subgroup. • Generally the highest residues and most economically important • Crop Subgroup: More closely related crops in a crop group that are divided into smaller groups with one or more representative crops.

19. Crop Grouping - Revisions • Why Revise Crop Groups: • No new crop groups were developed since 1995 because of regulatory constraints • Many orphan crops not included in a crop group • US population more diverse with new ethnic foods available • Increased globalization of markets, trade • Need to facilitate import tolerances • Need for international harmonization (Codex) of crop groups, definitions and vocabularies

20. Crop Grouping - Benefits • Without Crop Grouping would need to do a separate study for each crop. • Fruiting Vegetable CG: Conduct studies on 3 Representative Crops - Tomato, Bell Pepper and Non Bell Pepper - obtain a tolerance on 19 crops – So conduct 3 studies instead of 19 studies. • Average cost of a study is $110,000, total savings for this crop group would be over $2.0 Million.

21. Crop Grouping - Benefits • Save Research $$$$: Assume each study costs $110K. Approx 300 crops will be added when finish Herbs and Spices = 300 X $110K = Potential $33M in savings just to date… • IR-4 Labs can operate more efficiently • Growers benefit by obtaining labeled uses more quickly. • EPA saves time and personnel in reviewing tolerance petitions. • IR-4 Centers operate more efficiently concentrating on only representative crops.

22. Example of ChemSAC Approval

23. Additions to Fruiting Vegetables CG Tree Tomato Goji Berry

24. Progress and Accomplishments 19 U.S. crop group petitions have been submitted to the EPA 9 have been published in the Federal Register 5 have been approved by ChemSAC 1 under review by HED Scientist (Herb & Spice) Legume Vegetable, Leaves of Legume Vegetables, Legume Vegetables and Foliage of Legume Vegetables submitted to EPA Cucurbit Vegetables under IR-4 and ICGCC review

25. Crop Groups – Web Site • All Crop Groups, Subgroups, Representative crops and Crop Definitions can be found on the IR-4 Web Site: • http://ir4.rutgers.edu/Other/CropGroup.htm

26. Crop Grouping • US, EU and Codex Crop Groups undergoing revision • US/NAFTA Crop Groups being revised based on IR-4 petitions, which are developed from work of EPA/OPP, USDA, International Crop Grouping Consulting Committee (ICGCC) • Codex revising Codex Classification of Foods and Animal Feeds - based on work of ICGCC/EPA/IR-4 • EU revising Crop Groups as part of new Reg (EC) 396/2005 • Others as well, Brazil, India, Taiwan, etc…. • The expectation is to have the Codex be the authority/basis of crop groups.

27. Fruit type

28. Vegetable type

29. Other Commodity Types

30. IR-4… is the ONLY Publicly funded program that conducts research and submits petitions to EPA requesting establishment of new tolerances

31. Who Pays For It? • Major Funding for IR-4 is Provided By: • USDA-NIFA Competitive Grant and Hatch Act • Funds in cooperation with • State Agricultural Experiment Stations, and • USDA-ARS Additional Support Provided By: USDA-APHIS Commodity & Industry Partners for Special Research Projects

32. Partnerships Make Things Happen • Land Grant Universities • Land Grant System and In-Kind support is valued at over $18,000,000 annually • They provide: • Analytical Laboratories • Offices • Research Farms • Infrastructure and Administrative Support • Pest Management and Crop Expertise

33. IR-4 National Headquarters • Located at Rutgers University in New Jersey • Responsible to manage and coordinate the day to day activities of the program • Staffed with 28 full time Scientists, Coordinators & Administrative Personnel

34. IR-4 Regional Offices • Northeast Region - Cornell University, Geneva, New York • Southern Region - University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida • North Central Region - Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan • Western Region - University of California – Davis, California

35. Each Regional Center is led by a Regional Director Regional Center Personal responsible for: Priority Setting and Field Research Management Analysis of Residue Sample Quality Assurance of Data IR-4 Regional Centers

36. Coordinates specialty crop and minor use pest management needs from the region Assist in priority setting Places field trials and field research Tracks, monitors, facilitates, and funds research work in the region Coordinates efforts through Headquarters IR-4 Regional Centers - Field

37. Develops and Validates Analytical Methods Analyzes Samples for Pesticide Residue Coordinates Efforts through Headquarters IR-4 Regional Centers - Laboratory

38. Audits and Monitors Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) Compliance in the Region Field and Laboratory Critical Phase Audits Raw Data Audits Final Report Audits Coordinates Efforts through Headquarters IR-4 Quality Assurance

39. Partnerships Make Things Happen • Crop Protection Industry • Partnerships with biopesticide and chemical companies are crucial • Despite reorganizations within the chemical industry, companies continue to work with IR-4 to develop minor crop uses for their products • Alert chemical companies of potential market opportunities • Petition submission information sharing initiatives began in

40. Partnerships Make Things Happen • Commodity Liaison Committee (CLC) • Provide direct input to: • Project Management Committee (CLC chair is voting member) • Workshops – Food Use and Ornamental • Provide key interface with House and Senate Agriculture Appropriations staff members • Efforts resulted in IR-4 budget increases for CSREES in FY 2005, • 2008 & 2009 and ARS prior to FY 2004 • Additional funding increases are needed to provide support for: • Field residue projects • Biopesticide and Ornamental programs • Analytical instrumentation and field equipment used to conduct GLP residue trials

41. Partnerships Make Things Happen • Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) • EPA/IR-4 Technical Working Group: Initiated in 1999, meets quarterly • IR-4 provides agricultural tours for EPA/USDA/NIFA personnel • Explores initiatives to facilitate minor crop tolerances • EPA reviews annual IR-4 residue program and potential new projects prior to the Food Use Workshop • IR-4 served as a leader with the agency on electronic petition submission

42. Partnerships Make Things Happen • Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) • Annual Work Plan coordination • Sabbaticals by Dan Kunkel (2001), and Michael Braverman/BPPD (2002)

43. Partnerships Make Things Happen • California’s Department of • Pesticide Regulation (CDPR) • Part of EPA/IR-4 Technical Working Group since 2001 • Partnership between EPA and CDPR facilitated by • IR-4 resulted in workshare petitions • Expanded number of IR-4 petitions reviewed • Great support from Senior Management and dedicated team

44. Partnerships Make Things Happen • Health Canada’s Pest Management • Regulatory Agency (PMRA) and • Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Pest Management Centre • Partnership with IR-4 began in 1996 • First IR-4 work share petition with EPA was completed in 2002 • In 2003, the Canadian government made a major funding commitment to minor crop growers through PMRA and AAFC • IR-4 workshare petitions with PMRA have been approved by NAFTA Technical Working Group

45. IR-4 Strategies • Track new technology • Focus efforts on Reduced Risk products • Develop registration strategies with companies • Use of representative crops to obtain MRL’s for Crop Groups

46. Track New Technology • Track and monitor pipeline and newly registered products • Pipeline is not robust but recovering • Herbicide development for broadleaf crops is extremely limited

47. IR-4 Reduces Risk Strategy • Focus research efforts on Reduced Risk Products • Reduced Risk – 1993 EPA Policy to expedite the registration of products that pose less risk to human health and environment • Since 2000, over 80% of IR-4 research involved Reduced Risk Products • Reduced Risk use patterns for existing product registrations • Registration of new, and support for existing, pest control products essential to Integrated Pest Management • Registration of biologically - based pest control products

48. Registration Strategy • Start research on new chemistries before the first food use tolerance • Use representative crops to obtain tolerance for entire Crop Group • Use “Super Crop Groups” for reduced risk chemistries to increase efficiencies

49. EPA Regions 12 11 7 1 5 9 8 10 2 4 6 3 13

50. Efficacy and phytotoxicity data development for diseases, pests and weeds: cultivate new products with reduced environmental footprint Investigate invasive pests Study ways to manage development of resistance Study impact on beneficial organisms Ornamental Horticulture Program