cent for cotton. Each year nnore than 30,000 scouts would be employed, 

 and about one-half nnust receive up to 2 weeks training every year. 

 Depending on the crop, grower fees will range fronn $1.50 to $20 per 

 acre. Growers will pay about $115 million to consulting firms and cooper- 

 atives for IPM advisory services. 



By 1986, there could be 109 million acres under IPM. The percentage 

 of acres in the program will dramatically increase (table 2), especially 

 on commodities where pilot projects have existed for several years. 

 Over one-half of the acres of cotton, corn, peanuts, tobacco, soybeans, 

 fruit and nuts, and grain sorghum could reach proportions that approach 

 the potential for each crop. 



The efficiency of scouting will increase because of refinements in 

 thresholds and monitoring techniques. Nonetheless, approximately 

 63,000 scouts will be involved in the program if quality is maintained. 

 The number of scouts that must be recruited and trained is critical 

 for success and indicates the urgent need for research on thresholds 

 and monitoring techniques, especially for automated data collection, 

 computer modeling, and more rapid communication systems. Growers 

 will pay higher per acre fees because the program will provide IPM 

 services on a greater number of pest species. The estimated grower 

 cost in 1986 will be $566 million. 



An outgrowth of this program will be the creation of new job oppor- 

 tunities. Thousands of youth will be provided training, summer employ- 

 ment, and career opportunities. 



The federal cost (ES-USDA) will be $8.4 million in 1980 and $20.4 million 

 in 1986 (table 3). This will provide for training scouts, data handling, 

 53 state and federal IPM coordinators, and 105 area Extension IPM 

 agents in 1980. The number of area IPM agents will increase to 330 

 in 1986 to serve 3,000 counties. 



As the program develops, the state Extension Services, through realloca- 

 tion of regular funds, or from fund increases from state and local 

 governments, will provide an average of 4 specialists per state from 

 crop protection disciplines (entomology, plant pathology, nematology, 

 weed science, and others) at a cost of about $8 million. The participation 

 of these interdisciplinary specialists (200) is essential and will assure 

 integration of control methods needed to manage complexes of pests. 



Conservatively, more than 1,900 private-sector advisors (consultants 

 from firms and cooperatives) will be needed to manage 38 million 



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