The Food Crop Program holds a workshop every year to establish national research priorities for residue studies, efficacy and crop safety research, and integrated solutions projects for the following year.
2022 Food Use Workshop Information
Industry Technology Session – Thursday, July 21, 2022 (Virtual)
Food Use Workshop – September 13-15, 2022 (Bloomington, Minnesota)
2022 Regional Meetings
In advance of each year’s Food Use Workshop, IR-4 region staff will meet to discuss pest management priorities that have been identified in their local communities. These needs are then prioritized on the regional level before being considered for prioritization at the Food Use Workshop.
The following regional meetings have been scheduled to identify local priorities for the 2022 Food Use Workshop:
Date/Time
Topic
Region
Location
June 16, 2022
10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (PT)
Priority Setting Meeting
Western
Remote
July 14, 2022
10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (PT)
Priority Setting Meeting
Western
Remote
July 26, 2022
1 – 3 p.m. (ET)
Priority Setting Meeting (weed science)
Northeast
Remote
July 27, 2022
1 – 3 p.m. (ET)
Priority Setting Meeting (entomology)
Northeast
Remote
July 28, 2022
1 – 3 p.m. (ET)
Priority Setting Meeting (plant pathology)
Northeast
Remote
August 4, 2022
10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (PT)
Priority Setting Meeting
Western
Remote
August 9, 2022
8 a.m. – 5 p.m. (ET)
Priority Setting Meeting
Southern
Location – TBD
August 10, 2022
8 a.m. – Noon (ET)
Priority Setting Meeting
Southern
Location – TBD
August 19, 2022
9 a.m. – 5 p.m. (ET)
Priority Setting Meeting
North Central
Remote
2021
2021 Industry Technology Session, July 20, 2021 (virtual)
2021 Food Use Workshop, September 13-16, 2021 (virtual)
Results: 2022 Residue Studies and Project Performance List, Final 2022 Integrated Solutions (IS) Project List
2020
Virtual, July 29, 2020, September 14-17, 2020
Results: 2020 Food Use and IS Workshop
2019
Cockeysville, MD, September 23-25, 2019
Results: Food Use Residue & Performance, Integrated Solutions
2018
St Louis, MO, September 19-21, 2018
Results: Food Crop Residue & Performance, Biopesticide, Integrated Solutions