CPRI: News

• CPRI has updated its herbicide benefits study for 2005. The Value of Herbicides in U.S. Crop Production: 2005 Update calculates the economic benefits of herbicides in U.S. agriculture for 40 crops. In 2005, herbicides contributed $26 billion to U.S. farm income, eliminated the need for 1.1 billion hours of hand weeding, and preserved 356 billion pounds of top soil.
  6-13-06

• The final version of the National Pesticide Use Database: 2002 is now available. CPRI released insecticide and other pesticide use data on May 10, 2006, completing NPUD2002. As with the first installment of data (fungicides and herbicides) released in February, 2006, CPRI's insecticide and other pesticide use data are fully referenced and available on the NPUD2002 website.
  5-10-06

• he final version of the National Pesticide Use Database: 2002 is now available. CPRI released insecticide and other pesticide use data on May 10, 2006, completing NPUD2002. As with the first installment of data (fungicides and herbicides) released in February, 2006, CPRI's insecticide and other pesticide use data are fully referenced and available on the NPUD2002 website.
  5-10-06

• The CropLife Foundation's Crop Protection Research Institute is proud to announce the release of the National Pesticide Use Database:2002. The 2002 database, which contains 10,277 new records of fungicide and herbicide use in the U.S., updates previous versions for 1992 and 1997 published by the National Center for Food and Agricultural Policy. The National Pesticide Use Database is the only national, comprehensive and publicly available source of agricultural pesticide use information. Please visit the NPUD2002 website to access the database, summary reports and supporting documentation.
  2-9-06

• Leonard Gianessi issued his second Research Note on the CPRI website. The Marketing Myths of Store Wars critiques the video created by the Organic Trade Association. Marketing Myths exposes the misguided assertions of Store Wars by discussing the historical relationship between pests and crops, "revealing" organic agriculture's use of pesticides, and questioning the sustainability of organic crop production in the U.S. 7-15-05
  
  
• In conjunction with its fund raising efforts for 2005 and 2006, the Crop Protection Research Institute has published its 2004/2005 Annual Report. This report documents CPRI activities from its first year, including listings of presentations given by CPRI Staff, articles written by the institute, a message from Director Leonard Gianessi, and an overview of the Institute's funding. 6-29-05
  
  
• New images have been added to the CPRI Image Library. The photographs of weed infestations in organic crop fields in North Dakota were taken by Rich Zollinger, weed specialist with North Dakota State University. They were presented to the North Dakota state legislature to document the extent of uncontrolled weed infestations in organic production in response to proposed legislation addressing the spread of weed seeds from organic fields to conventional production fields. 4-6-05
  
  
• CPRI staff have recently produced a series of state specific fact sheets describing the value of herbicides to United States crop production. Based on its 2003 study, "The Value of Herbicides to U.S. Crop Production," these fact sheets quantify the potential for economic losses to uncontrolled weeds and the value herbicides add to U.S. crop production. 3-28-05
  
  
• This week CPRI released preliminary results from three more of its case studies estimating the value and benefits of fungicides to U.S. crop production. To access and download the case studies for almonds, asparagus, and strawberries please click here. 3-22-05

• CPRI announces the launch of its Image Library. Through the course of its research and outreach, CPRI collects and uses many photographs, micrographs, maps, and images that illustrate our work and give our audiences a more vivid understanding of pest management than words alone. As CPRI collects more images available for public distribution, they will be posted in the Image Library. 3-10-05

• This week CPRI released preliminary results from its carrot fungicide case study. This case study discusses the importance of fungicides to carrot production in the U.S. Without the use of fungicides U.S. carrot growers would lose $125 million worth of production annually. To learn more about the study and read the preliminary results, please visit the Pesticide Benefits section of our website. 3-10-05

• CPRI has released its first two research brief; Why California Organic Growers Want an Exemption from a Farm Worker Protection Rule and The Outsourcing of Organic Crop Production. Institute director Leonard Gianessi has been asked to present the research at a January 25th seminar in Davis, California co-sponsored by the University of California's Agricultural Issues Center, Integrated Pest Management Center, Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program, and Western Center for Agricultural Health and Safety. Click here to download the seminar announcement. 1-19-05
  
• CPRI Archives and the CropLife Foundation Website were featured in the December, 2004 edition of Phytopathology News. 12-15-04
  

• This week CPRI released preliminary results from its blueberry and raspberry fungicide case studies. These case studies discuss the importance of fungicides to berry production in the U.S. Without the use of fungicides among blueberries and raspberries in U.S. fields, 184 million lbs. of fruit would be lost to disease annually. To learn more about the study and read the preliminary results, please visit the Pesticide Benefits section of our website. 10-20-04
  
  
• CPRI established a new feature on its website, the CPRI Quotes of Note. This feature is housed in the archives section of our website and will highlight issues of interest to CPRI staff in the words of authors, politicians, government officials, farmers, and others with perspective on agriculture. 10-14-04
  
  
• CPRI recently received a grant of $30,000 from the Office of Pest Management Policy, United States Department of Agriculture. This grant was awarded to CPRI to support its ongoing work on the National Pesticide Use Database. The grant will be used specifically for completion of the 2002 update to the database. 10-12-04
  
  
• This week CPRI released preliminary results from its pistachio and hazelnut fungicide case studies. These case studies discuss the importance of fungicides to nut crop production in the U.S., which increase California pistachio grower income by $67 million and prevent 75% yield losses to plant diseases among Oregon hazelnuts each year. To learn more about the study and read the preliminary results, please visit the Pesticide Benefits section of our website. 10-12-04
  

• This week CPRI released preliminary results from its cranberry and wild rice fungicide case studies. The case studies reveal that fungicides protect U.S. cranberry growers from $110 million and Minnesota wild rice growers from 1.3 million lbs. worth of losses to diseases. To learn more about the study and read the preliminary results, please visit the Pesticide Benefits section of our website. 9-29-04
  
  
• Carrot Country recently published the findings of a study conducted by CPRI staff outlining the value and necessity of herbicides to United States carrot production. Without herbicide use, the U.S. would lose 1.9 billion lbs. of carrots to weed competition each year. Click here to read "Herbicides Extremely Important to Carrot Growers." 9-28-04
  
  
• CPRI is pleased to announce that it is nearing completion of its study The Value of Fungicides to U.S. Crop Production. In preparation for publication of the full study, CPRI will begin releasing preliminary results for two case studies every week. This week's case studies show that the use of fungicides boosts artichoke production in California by 27 million lbs. annualy and that fungicides enable U.S. onion growers to harvest 1.3 billion additional lbs. of onions that would otherwise be claimed by disease. To learn more about the study and read the preliminary results, please visit the Pesticide Benefits section of our website. 9-15-04
  
  
• CPRI staff attended a meeting of the Subcommittee on Pesticide Use Data, Secretary's Advisory Committee on Agricultural Statistics, at USDA. Leonard Gianessi, Director of CPRI, serves as co-chair of the subcommittee. The meeting, attended by representatives from USDA, USEPA, industry, and academia was held to discuss the current state of pesticide use data, pesticide use data needs, and ways to improve data collection and communication in the future. 9-14-04
  
  
• Nathan Reigner attended the American Agricultural Editors Association Agricultural Publication Summit in Tampa, Florida. At the summit Nathan briefed reporters, editors, and agricultural communication specialists on the activities of the Foundation and demonstrated the International Maximum Residue Limit Database, a database of foreign pesticide residue limits developed by USDA Foreign Agricultural Service and CropLife America. 7-29-04
  
  
• Nathan Reigner, spoke at "Farmers' Field Days," part of the year long tricentenary celebrations of Sutton, Massachusetts. Giving a talk entitled "Are Pesticides Really Necessary for Massachusetts Crop Production?" Nathan engaged farmers and popular audiences in discussions of pest infestations, pest management options, and the costs and benefits associated with various pest management systems. 7-12-04

• Leonard Gianessi was recently elected to the Board of Directors of the National Coalition for Food and Agricultural Research (N C-FAR), whose mission is to seek a doubling of funding for food and agricultural research over the next five years. Visit the NC-FAR website: http://www.ncfar.org. 5-11-04