Multistate Extension: The Crop Protection Network -- Adam Sisson

Adam Sisson, Industry Extension Specialist from Iowa State University, shared “Multistate Extension: The Crop Protection Network.”

Managing pests takes a team effort simply because pests move across state boarders. Working together to create resources increases accuracy because there are multiple experts involved, and it saves money when every state does not have to develop similar resources. In addition, the effectiveness of the message is increased when there is consistency in what management approaches are recommended.

The Crop Protection Network (CPN) provides opportunity for this collaboration of experts and knowledge sharing. CPN is a product of land grant universities and provides an online platform where pest resources can be easily stored, revised and accessed. The audience for CPN includes farmers, agribusiness personnel, and extension agents/researchers. Providing these resources makes it easy for new Extension specialists to get started in their roles while having resources ready to share, but it lightens the load on experienced specialists as well since they do not have to produce every new pest resource themselves.

One of these resources is an online encyclopedia of 150 articles related to diseases (and a few insect pests) of soybean, corn, alfalfa, wheat. Eighty other publications have also been produced, including full length publications, fungicide efficacy guides, annual disease loss estimates, articles on seasonal issues, web books and research reviews. CPN also produces a monthly newsletter, a podcast called, “I See Dead Plants,” and a Virtual Crop Scouting School.

Sign up for the CPN newsletter or following CPN on Twitter. Topics and ideas for collaboration are welcome and can be sent to cropprotectionnetwork@gmail.com.

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