2025 Food Use Workshop

About the Event

The 2025 Food Use Workshop was held September 9-11 in Denver, Colorado. Research priorities for residue, product performance, and integrated solutions studies for 2026 were identified during this workshop. Find prioritization lists and other event materials below—thanks to our stakeholders and sponsors for another successful event!

Workshop Materials

View the final agenda here.

Final prioritization lists from the 2025 event are available below, as well as Zoom recordings and presentations. Find 2024 materials on last year’s FUW page, and previous FUW materials here

Final 2026 Prioritization Lists

Final 2026 Residue Studies Project List (PDF | Excel)
Final 2026 Product Performance Project List (PDF | Excel)
Final 2026 Integrated Solutions (IS) Project List (PDF | Excel)

Prioritization – By Discipline

Residue Studies and Product Performance

Weed Science – First Pass Results (PDF  |  Excel)
Plant Pathology – First Pass Results (PDF  |  Excel)
Entomology – First Pass Results (PDF  |  Excel)
All Disciplines — First Pass Results (PDF  |  Excel)
All Disciplines — Second Pass Results (PDF | Excel)

Integrated Solutions (IS)

Weed Science – First Pass Results (PDF  |  Excel)
Plant Pathology – First Pass Results (PDF  |  Excel)
Entomology – First Pass Results (PDF  |  Excel)
All Disciplines IS — First Pass Results (PDF | Excel)
All Disciplines IS — Second Pass Results (PDF | Excel)

Daily Recordings

Learn How to Participate: Tutorials + Handouts

Utilize these resources & video tutorials to support your participation in the workshop:

Video: The Food Use Workshop Process

This video tutorial was created to introduce newcomers to the Food Use Workshop, or serve as a refresher for those who have participated before. Learn what to expect at the event, and how to get involved in IR-4’s Food Crop research cycle before, during and after the Workshop. It can also be viewed on our YouTube channel.

Thank You, Sponsors!

Sponsors make events like the Food Use Workshop possible and help IR-4 deliver on its grower-focused mission.

Are you interested in becoming a sponsor for IR-4’s 2025 events? Please reach out to ir-4_project@ncsu.edu for more information.