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Cotton BMP

Cotton BMP. Pesticides in Rivers. Contamination. Pesticide Drift. Media and Community Criticism. In 1991/92 river monitoring found 59% of water samples contained endosulfan. After reviewing what could be done LWRRDC, CRDC, MDBC established a “joint pesticides R&D program” in 1993.

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Cotton BMP

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  1. Cotton BMP

  2. Pesticides in Rivers Contamination Pesticide Drift Media and Community Criticism

  3. In 1991/92 river monitoring found 59% of water samples contained endosulfan After reviewing what could be done LWRRDC, CRDC, MDBC established a “joint pesticides R&D program” in 1993

  4. Joint R&D Program led to BMP

  5. Joint Program • BMP Guidelines in 1996 • Application of Pesticides • Storage & Handling of Pesticides • Integrated Pest Management • Farm design & Management • Added later by the industry • Farm Hygiene • Petrochemical Storage & Handling • Land & Water Management 1997 & 2000 “How to” process added 2000 • But......growers asked: • How do we use them? • How do we get recognition if we do? Auditing & Certification Program added

  6. 1999 – A call to action • In 1999 & 2000 Cotton Australia ran BMP workshops • across the industry • 96% of cotton growers were introduced to the BMP manual • By 2009 about 50% of growers had had their operations • audited at least once

  7. Measuring Success • Many ways to measure success: • Contamination of cattle near zero by 2001, zero by 2003 • Detections of endosulfan in rivers dropped dramatically • Community complaints about cotton declined • Water use efficiency has doubled in 10 years • Pesticide use BMP audit rankings improved by 45% • between 1999 and 2006(Roth 2010) • Insecticide use declined • from 10.4 kg/ha in 1999 to 0.8 kg/ha in 2006 (Pyke 2007)

  8. Endosulfan (Use on cotton)  Endosulfan Detections Namoi River – Mawhinney 2008 Community complaints Cotton – Roth 2010

  9. Integrated Pest Management (IPM) • Success due to: • Bt Cotton (particularly Bollgard II introduced in 2003/04) • More “IPM friendly” insecticides (2001 onwards) • IPM short course for growers • Management of insecticide resistance • Reinforcement of principles via BMP

  10. Bt Cotton IPM in Cotton Beneficial Insects Trap crops, refuges, rotations Plant Compensation Agronomic management New selective pesticides, biologicals Cultural Controls Stubble management Conventional Plant resistance BMP

  11. Insecticide Quantities Used on Cotton Total Crop compared to Bollgard II only

  12. myBMP “Be the best you can be”

  13. WhymyBMP? • Original BMP = paper based manual • Initially to address community & compliance pressures regarding pesticide use • Focused on certification and audits • Achieved goal of addressing original issues • As best practice and grower need changes – so too must the BMP system Need for a new more flexible BMP system with benefits spread more broadly across the industry

  14. What is myBMP? • “my” stands for BMP the grower tailors for his farm • Flexibility of use – participation, performance, compliance • Involves industry wide consultation • Dynamic web based management system

  15. myBMP Levels myBMP is based around four levels of practices: • Level 1 - Participation & legal requirements • Level 2 - Practice – Industry best practices (option to be audited and certified at this level) • Level 3 - Aspirational - best practices in 5 years • Level 4 - Aspirational - best practices in 10 years

  16. The Future withmyBMP Flexible (Grower chooses level of achievement and sets own performance goals) Demand driven (including need for auditing) Direct linkage from research to BMPs & More targeted extension myBMP (Performance Focussed, Web based) Consultants – (support clients or register as an expert) Industry database & reporting on practices Links farm management performance with good NRM outcomes Benchmarking Capacity

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