Scottish IPM Assessment Plan for arable crops, field-scale vegetables, forage crops (including grass)

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Scottish IPM Plan and Assessment

Complete this plan if you farm Arable crops, field-scale vegetables, forage and potato crops

Please answer the questions as accurately as you can. Good data is needed to provide you with a realistic measure of the adoption of IPM by your business.

Please note that the term ‘pests’ relates to diseases, weeds and invertebrate pests (insects, nematodes, slugs and snails).
Please read question instructions carefully as the type of response required may vary from question to question.
Please complete the survey in full

1. How familiar are you with Integrated Pest Management (IPM)?

Please tick one answer only.

Not at all familiar (if this answer, please go to Question 3.)

Somewhat unfamiliar

Moderately familiar

Familiar

Very familiar

2. Which of the following factors do you consider to be important components of IPM?

Please select one answer per row.

Prevent

Questions	Irrelevant	Not important	Neither important or unimportant	Important	Essential
Adopting measures specifically to improve soil health (such as cover crops, use of organic manures/amendments etc.) in addition to optimised cultivation practices	Irrelevant	Not important	Neither important or unimportant	Important	Essential
Practicing good hygiene (such as cleaning equipment and storage facilities, sourcing clean seed, destroying growth on potato and sugar beet dumps etc.)	Irrelevant	Not important	Neither important or unimportant	Important	Essential
Adopting biological approaches (such as sowing companion crops, sowing vegetation that host beneficial insects, beetle banks etc.)	Irrelevant	Not important	Neither important or unimportant	Important	Essential
Adopting crop management measures (such as varying drilling dates, increasing seeding rate to control weeds, weed competitive varieties, rotating crops, exploiting varietal resistance/tolerance etc.)	Irrelevant	Not important	Neither important or unimportant	Important	Essential

Detect

Questions	Irrelevant	Not important	Neither important or unimportant	Important	Essential
Monitoring and surveillance of insect pests (and beneficials), slugs, nematodes, weed and disease levels. Reacting to disease/insect pressure alerts and decision support systems etc.	Irrelevant	Not important	Neither important or unimportant	Important	Essential

Control

Questions	Irrelevant	Not important	Neither important or unimportant	Important	Essential
Using plant protection products only when justified. Pesticide resistance management is a key element of product choice	Irrelevant	Not important	Neither important or unimportant	Important	Essential

Assess/revaluate

Questions	Irrelevant	Not important	Neither important or unimportant	Important	Essential
Regularly reviewing the effectiveness of methods used and considering alternative approaches	Irrelevant	Not important	Neither important or unimportant	Important	Essential

3. Regarding crop rotation and break crops

3a. What proportion of the land that you farm or manage is in continuous barley or winter wheat production i.e. growing them on the same land for 5 or more consecutive years without growing a non-cereal break crop (e.g. oilseed rape, beans, peas, grass)?

None

1-25%

26-50%

51-75%

76-100%

3b. Estimate the proportion of this land that includes a cereal break crop (e.g. oats) %