Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 14, 1973
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Campbell Dedicates Control
And Quarantine Facility
America still needs the kind of
problem-solving cooperation that
unlocked the bounty of American
agriculture, Under Secretary of
Agriculture J Phil Campbell said
at the dedication of the Biological
Control and Quarantine Facility
in Gainesville, Florida on July 12
‘‘The construction and
operation of this facility
dedicated to seeking balance and
harmony within the environment
-is a good example of the kind of
teamwork that can produce
remarkable results,” Mr.
Campbell said “Built by the
division of plant industry of the
Florida Department of
Agriculture and Consumer
Services, with assistance from
the Florida Department of
Natural Resources, this facility
will house the work of scientists
from the University of Florida,
and from state and federal
government agencies. Even
more agencies are involved in the
funding of specific research
projects.
“The American agricultural
revolution could not have oc
curred without the cooperative
development and rapid
dissemination of pracitcal
scientific information about
farming. Without that miracle of
teamwork, supported by historic
legislation encouraging in
tergovernmental and in-
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terdisciplinary cooperation,
American agriculture might still
just be getting off the ground-22
percent of our civilian labor force
would still be involved in
agricultural production instead
of 4.2 percent employed today.
“If we had not freed the bulk of
our labor from the land, we would
not have been able to create the
industrial might that charac
terizes our country today, with all
of the goods and services which
serve as models for the rest of the
world.
“By developing better ways to
control insect pests and weeds,
scientists here will be helping to
attain vital national goals, that of
maintaining agricultural
productivity and of protecting the
environment.
“In terms of the damage in
flicted upon agricultural
products, the threat that these
pests represent is very real. It
has, in fact, nullified to some
extent many of the benefits that
science has provided for farmers
over the past several decades.
“Insects and weeds have been -
- and still are - preventing the
full realization of benefits from
improved production practices,
new and improved plant
varieties, mechanization, and
fertilizers. Even with the newer
control measures that have been
developed, insects cause an
EQUIPMENT.
average of 9 percent of annual
losses in the production of major
food crops in the United States.
“Even with controls,
agricultural crop losses due to
diseases, insects, nematodes,
weeds and other pests reached an
estimated $14.3 billion per year in
the United States alone during
the period from 1951 to 1960.
Losses of forest and shade trees
and damage to wood in storage
are believed to reach more than
$1 billion annually.
—‘lt has been estimated that the
productive efficiency of our
farms would drop from 25 to 30
percent without adequate con
trols.
“This is not to say that
chemicals alone provide the only
effective means of control. While
chemicals have a function in
many control programs, they will
probably prove most effective
when used in conjunction with
other control techniques.
“The other control techniques,
mostly biological in nature, will
be studied closely by scientists at
this facility. Attention will be
devoted to inventing and
developing many methods of pest
suppression, as well as to iden
tifying the advantages and
limitations of each method. Total
systems of pest management are
the goal.
“Agricultural scientists can be
proud of their successes in
imaginative control of pests. The
screwworm eradication
program, for example, is an
outstanding example, demon
strating the feasibility of
managing a pest population
throughout its range, instead of
simply on a field-by-field or farm
by-farm basis.
“This total population sup
pression approach has helped to
reduce boll weevil damage in the
rolling plains of Texas, in the
Mississippi Delta, and in other
areas. It alleviated tobacco
damage caused by the tobacco
hornworm and the tobacco
budworm. It reduced the pink
bollworm to minor pest status in
Texas. And it totally eliminated
the khapra beetle from the
United States.
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