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IPM To Teach School Students Real-World Science
AMES, lowa America’s
daily fanners will need to begin
relying mote on their own means
and less on governmental policies
to lift prices out of one of the worst
slumps on record, a national milk
marketing organization said
recently.
Producers were hit with yet
another devastating blow as the
November Basic Formula Price
(BFP) was announced at $9.79, a
slide of $1.70 from last month.
Base prices paid to producers
have fallen nearly $6.50 in the last
two months, and the November
BFP was more than $7 lower than
the same time last year. This was
the lowest BFP since August 1978.
“This nation’s independent
dairymen cannot possibly survive
with these prices,” emphasized
Gene Paul, president of National
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UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre Co.) The
three Rs and the ABCs long have been staples
of the public school curriculum. But soon,
Pennsylvania students also will be learning
their IPM, thanks to a regulation recently
adopted by the state board of education.
The regulation mandates that integrated
pest management, or IPM, be taught as part of
the “ecology and the environment” curricu
lum. Proposed academic standards specifying
what students should leant about IPM and
related subjects are expected to be approved
soon.
IPM aims to manage pests such as insec
ts, plant diseases, and weeds by using
knowledge of pest biology in combination
with physical, biological, and chemical tac
tics that are safe, profitable, and environmen
tally compatible. Fanners, landscapers, fores
ters, homeowners, and others who use IPM
often can reduce pesticide use.
The Pennsylvania IPM Program, a collabo
ration between Penn State’s College of Agri
cultural Sciences and the Pennsylvania
Department of Agriculture, worked with the
state education department to develop the
proposed IPM academic standards. With a
grant from the federal Environmental Protec
tion Agency, the Pennsylvania IPM Program
now is developing EPM materials and hands
on activities for use in K-12 classrooms.
“IPM integrates scientific knowledge with
real-world, problem-solving skills,” said Lyn
Garling, Penn State IPM education specialist
“Because IPM is an information-intensive,
scientific approach, it is a good learning tool
in subjects such as biology, chemistry, math
and statistics.
“IPM can help students to develop critical
thinking skills and to become better-informed
citizens who can contribute to society’s
decision-making process,” Garling said.
“Ultimately, we want to overcome science
illiteracy and increase public involvement in
environmental issues.”
Carling said learning IPM principles also
will give students a greater understanding of
agriculture and food production issues,
including the complex decisions and prob
lems faced by farmers.
“Pest management must take into account
such factors as when the pest will emerge, the
pest’s biology, and what tactics can be used
successfully to control that pest,” Gatling
said. “It’s a vety complicated and scientifical
ly based enterprise, and many people don't
appreciate that. They think farmers just spray
pesticides all over the place and that’s the end
of that. But that’s not often the case.“
In addition, Garling said students will learn
how PM can be used in nonagricultural set
tings, such as homes, gardens and even school
buildings. “Many school districts have
adopted PM to manage pests on school
grounds,” she said. “By working with teach
ers and school maintenance personnel to
scout for pests and implement the PM tech
niques that they’ve learned in the classroom,
students will have opportunities for hands-on
Farmers Organization (NFO).
“Steps must be taken immediately
to bring base prices back to profit
able levels.”
The organization strongly advo
cates dairy policy with a system of
price supports and supply manage
ment incentives.
“Producers can petition their
cooperatives to create marketing
agencies-in-common (MAIQ by
partnering with other organiza
tions," Paul said. “This type of
arrangement would help producers
develop their own supply manage
ment programs, with floor prices
fair to both producers and
consumers.”
By agreeing cm a reasonable
floor price implemented through a
MAIC, dairy farmers can avoid
devastatingly low base prices.
Additionally, the organization
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Penn State and agriculture department IPM and the environment “Teachers not familiar jp\j Program’s Web site at
specialists have held workshops to educate w ith IPM often come in confused, but leave ht>p-//paip«n „„«■ pa,
teachers about IPM concepts and to illustrate enthused,” Carling said of the workshops.
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milk into national collective bar
gaining programs and donate surp
lus milk to charitable groups. By
using collective bargaining, pro
ducers can increase competition
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“Producers must stop relying
solely on Washington for relief,”
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fair dairy policy is surely needed.
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“Had Congress taken milk floor
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into consideration, much of this
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Paul pointed out. “When Congress
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