2025 - Scottish IPM Assessment Plan for arable crops, field-scale vegetables, forage crops (including grass)

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Welcome to Scotland’s IPM Assessment Plan for farmers growing primarily arable crops.

IPM plan is a component of the Whole Farm Plan, see Whole Farm Plan full guidance

Completing the plan

This IPM planning tool is split into 2 sections:

Survey – containing survey style questions which cover understanding of IPM and details of your farm
Plan – establishes an IPM strategy for the coming year

The term ‘pests’ refers here to diseases, weeds and invertebrate pests (insects, nematodes, slugs and snails)

The terms ‘PPPs’ or ‘Plant Protection Products’ refers to fungicides, herbicides, insecticides, nematicides, slug control agents and plant growth regulators.

Any information that you supply may be shared on an anonymous basis with third party organisations for research and policy development purposes.

Survey

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

The Scottish IPM Plan aligns with Scotland’s Vison for sustainable and regenerative farming. https://www.gov.scot/publications/next-step-delivering-vision-scotland-leader-sustainable-regenerative-farming/

Not at all familiar

Somewhat unfamiliar

Moderately familiar

Familiar

Very familiar

2. What proportion of the land that you farm or manage is in continuous barley or winter wheat production?

For example, growing them on the same land for 5 or more consecutive years without growing a non-cereal break crop such as oilseed rape, beans, peas, grass.

Please tick one answer only

None

1-25%

26-50%

51-75%

76-100%

3. Which crop types are in your rotation?

4. If you typically use an arable rotation, why do you do this?

I do not use a rotation

Choose one option per row.

Questions	Strongly Disagree	Disagree	Neither agree nor disagree	Agree	Strongly agree
To control weeds	Strongly Disagree	Disagree	Neither agree nor disagree	Agree	Strongly agree
To control disease	Strongly Disagree	Disagree	Neither agree nor disagree	Agree	Strongly agree
To control insect pests, nematodes, slugs and snails	Strongly Disagree	Disagree	Neither agree nor disagree	Agree	Strongly agree
To improve or maintain soil structure and fertility	Strongly Disagree	Disagree	Neither agree nor disagree	Agree	Strongly agree
To spread costs and financial risks	Strongly Disagree	Disagree	Neither agree nor disagree	Agree	Strongly agree
Largely because it’s necessary to comply with a scheme or contractual obligations	Strongly Disagree	Disagree	Neither agree nor disagree	Agree	Strongly agree

6. Name the specific weeds, diseases, insect, nematode or slug pests which you see as being of the greatest concern to crop production on the land that you farm.

You do not need to fill in all boxes.

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7. Are there any crops that used to be a regular part of your business, but that you have stopped growing/significantly reduced area grown in the past 5 years due to plant health reasons and why?

Your Details

Welcome to Scotland’s IPM Assessment Plan for farmers growing primarily arable crops.

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

Survey

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

2. What proportion of the land that you farm or manage is in continuous barley or winter wheat production?

3. Which crop types are in your rotation?

4. If you typically use an arable rotation, why do you do this?

5. Regarding cultivations

6. Name the specific weeds, diseases, insect, nematode or slug pests which you see as being of the greatest concern to crop production on the land that you farm.

7. Are there any crops that used to be a regular part of your business, but that you have stopped growing/significantly reduced area grown in the past 5 years due to plant health reasons and why?