How it works
Producers use environmentally sensitive strategies such as scouting to identify, monitor, avoid and/or suppress insects, weeds and diseases.
Purpose/Benefit
- Enhances the quality and quantity of products
- Minimizes negative effects of pest control on soil, water, air, plants, animals and humans
- Prevents over-treatment with custom applications for specific pests on specific areas of a field
- Lowers costs and energy inputs by reducing the number of passes over a field and/or the amount of pesticides applied