2013 CASAP CONFERENCE
CACASA REPORT
Stacy Carlsen
Marin County Agricultural Commissioner
1-19-13
Topic On My Mind
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CACASA Structure and Function
CACASA Hot, Warm, Cold Topics
Federal Farm Bill Issues
Inspection and Standards Challenges
CACASA Structure & Function
2012/2013 OFFICERS
PRESIDENT – Louie Mendoza
PRESIDENT- Elect – Stacy Carlsen
V. PRESIDENT (Agriculture)- Jim Allan
V. PRESIDENT (Weights & Measures)
– Kurt Floren
EXEC. SECRETARY – John Gardner
PAST PRESIDENT – Mary Pfeiffer
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR – Tim Cansler
• Regional Area Groups
• Numerous Committees
PRAC, Weed and Vert.,
Nursery Seed and Apiary,
Legislative, Information
Management, F&V
Weights and Measures
Laws and Regulation
(L&R), Specification and
Tolerances (S&T)
CACASA Hot, Warm, Cold Topics
• DMS Consortium-The Fuels (Conventional and Alternative)
Working Group and Manufacturing, Packaging, and Retail
Working Group
• License of Eligibility- CAC/Sealer licenses upon separation
of employment (5 year renewal) “requalifying examination”
• CDFA Programmatic Environmental Impact Report (PEIR)
• PEST ISSUES- GWSS-PD, SOD, EVGM, LBAM, ACP-HLB
• Wildlife Services
• Weed Free Hay MOU signed and extended until 2017
• CDPR Liaison- Joe Marade ; CDFA Liaison –Gary Leslie
• NCWM – Professional Certification Program
• Cannella Farming Act
CACASA Hot, Warm, Cold Topics
• CACASA/CDFA Joint Program Improvement Working Group –
Discussing the annual financial statement data, survey
questionnaire, CDFA pest detection programs
• Closed Mixing System working group-DPR is proposing to
submit draft proposed regulation changes for their upcoming
2013 Rulemaking Calendar
• CDPH Pesticide and Schools Study
• THE LIFE CYCLE OF LEGISLATION- In California, all laws are
enacted by the passage of bills. A bill either proposes a new
law or amends or repeals the existing law.
• AB 1623 extends the authority for a county board of
supervisors to charge fees to recover the costs of the county
sealer until January 1, 2018, and establishes or revises certain
device fee caps.
• CACASA DC Delegation
US Farm Bill
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History (Why?)
Purpose
CACASA Issues
Programs
State and
County
Benefits
• $25 Billion Cut
What does the Farm Bill impact?
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How food is grown
What food is grown
Who grows it
Our diets and public health
Well-being of farmers and farm workers
Rural communities
Environment and natural resources
What is in the Farm Bill?
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Fifteen “Titles” or Chapters:
I: Commodity
II: Conservation
III: Trade
IV: Nutrition
V: Credit
VI: Rural Development
VII: Research
VIII: Forestry
IX: Energy
X: Horticulture and Organic
XI: Livestock
XII: Crop Insurance
XIII: Commodity Futures
XIV: Miscellaneous
XV: Trade and Tax Provisions
How much does the Farm Bill cost?
• 10 year budget estimates:
• $775 billion: Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program
• $90 billion: Crop insurance subsidies
• $67 billion: Commodity subsidies
• $65 billion: Conservation programs
Who writes the Farm Bill?
• Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition,
and Forestry
• House Committee on Agriculture
Why then a Farm Bill?
1933
Agricultural
Adjustment Act
Keep farmers on the land
Farm price and income support
1936 Soil
Conservation
and Domestic
Allotment Act
Keep the land on the land!
Soil conservation
Moving beyond the Farm
• Rural Development Title
– 1970 Agricultural Act
• Food Stamp and
Commodity Distribution
– 1977 Food and Agriculture Act
• Renewable Energy
– Farm Security and Rural
Investment Act of 2002
• Horticulture and Organic
– Food, Conservation and
Energy Act of 2008
– Expired in 2012
– Agriculture Reform, Food
and Jobs Act of 2012
– Extensions
granted for 2013
Why now a Farm Bill?
• Keep farmers on the land
– Shift from price support to
direct payments, insurance
and disaster payments
– New, beginning and
disadvantaged farmer
support
• Keep the land on the land!
– Focus on working lands as
well as non-farmed
– More support for sustainable
farming
Photograph from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library,
courtesy of the National Archives and Records
Administration.
Why now a Farm Bill?
• Food security
– “Cheap” and abundant
commodity production
– “Eater” subsidies (food
stamps, school lunch, etc.)
– Farmers Markets
• Rural community support
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Housing
economic development
Renewable energy
New markets
Photograph from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library,
courtesy of the National Archives and Records
Administration.
Photo courtesy of Minnesota CERTS
Today’s Farm Bill
Most of the
“Farm Bill”
money now
goes to
nutrition
FY13 Process
2008 Farm Bill: Section 10201
Plant Pest and Disease Management
and Disaster Prevention
• USDA-APHIS funding distribution from Farm
Bill Section 10201, Pest and Disease
Management. California received funding
totaling $15,515,277, or 31% of total funds
($50 million available).
Section 10201
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is
charged with implementing Section 10201 of the 2008
Farm Bill to prevent the introduction or
spread of plant pests and diseases that threaten U.S.
agriculture and the environment. Under the
Farm Bill, APHIS provides funding to strengthen the
nation’s infrastructure for pest detection
and surveillance, identification, and threat mitigation,
while working to safeguard the nursery
production system.
FY13 Farm Bill Implementation
2012
OCT
2013
NOV
DEC
JAN
FEB
MAR
Update Submission Process
Review w/Stakeholders
Finalize Guidelines
Suggestion Open Period
Review Suggestions/Develop Spending Plan
Departmental Review
Develop work plans
Execute Agreements
What California Received
GOAL 1: NATIONAL SURVEY
Asian Defoliating Moth Survey
$172,946
Khapra Beetle Survey
$33,241
Mollusk Survey
$11,080
Stone Fruit Commodity Survey
$132,964
Citrus Commodity Survey
$539,665
Enhanced Exotic Pests Surveys
$9,310,449
Exotic Wood Boring and Bark Beetle
Survey $138,505
TOTAL $10,338,850
• GOAL 2: DETECTOR DOGS
California Detector Dog Team Program
$3,365,119
• GOAL 3: DETECTION TECHNOLOGIES
Development of Attractants and
Improved
Trap designs for Exotic Wood borers
$146,261
Enhancing Taxonomic and Molecular
Diagnostics Capacity for Fruit
Flies(Diptera:Tephritidae)
$152,055
Safeguarding Against Scale Insect Pests:
A Digital Tool for Training Screening
and Identification
$62,819
TOTAL $399,916
TOTAL:$15,515,277
PERCENT OF TOTAL: 31%
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GOAL 4: NURSERY CERTIFICATION
Best Management Practices in Nurseries:
Survey & Documentation of BMPs Used
in
Ornamental Nurseries
$33,241
National Ornamental research site at
Dominican Univeristy Oversight and
Liaison
(NORSDUC)
$55,402
GOAL 4: SYSTEMS APPROACHES FOR
NURSERY PRODUCTION
Confirming the pathogenicity and
host range of Phytophthora
ramorum
$77,770
National Ornamentals Research Site at
Dominican University of California
(NORS-DUC)
$739,499
TOTAL $905,912
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GOAL 5: OTHER
Invasive Species Outreach and Education
to Protect US Forests Landscapes and
Ornamental Nurseries
$72,833
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GOAL 5:
Collaborative and Enhanced First Detector
Training for Florida and
California
$60,942
GOAL 6: APPLIED MITIGATION R & D
Management of Select Exotic Arthropods
during Shipping
$183,339
GOAL 6: PREPARATION
Regional Strategic System for Early Detection
of Invasive
Species
$188,366
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$133,775
TOTAL $371,705
California Agriculture Detector Dog Team Program
CA Dog Team Distribution
County
Alameda
Contra Costa
Fresno
# of Teams
1
2
1
Los Angeles
2
Sacramento
San Bernardino
San Diego
1
2
2
San Joaquin
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Area Covered
Bay Area
Bay Area
Central Valley
Los Angeles
County
Sacramento Valley
Inland Empire
San Diego County
San Joaquin
County
Total Parcels Alerted on by Dog
Santa Clara
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50,294
South Bay Area
Total Parcels Unmarked with Agricultural Commodities
Total A & Q Pests
Total Violations of Plant Quarantine Law and Regulations
1,981
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2,016
California Pest Detection Program
State and Federal funding
$33.194 million
Local county general fund
$ 6.973 million
MedFly
23,336
6,550
McPhail
19,011
6,301
Oriental Fruit Fly
19,888
6,342
Melon Fly
19,250
3,903
Gypsy Moth
17,625
5,087
Japanese Beetle
10,323
3,911
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Apple Maggot
Boll Weevil
European Corn Borer
Eastern Pine Shoot Moth
Total California
$40.167 million
Asian Citrus Psyllid (ACP)
In California,
ACP is found in
San Diego,
Imperial,
Orange, Los
Angeles
Riverside, San
Bernardino,
Ventura, and
Tulare counties.
Weed Problem - Invasive Species
• According to the California Invasive Plant Council’s recent estimates,
$82,000,000 is spent annually to control the invasive noxious weeds
that infest millions of acres in California.
• California County Agricultural Commissioners (CAC), along with the
California Department of Food & Agriculture (CDFA), maintains
responsibilities to protect resources, recreational, and wildlands
from the threat of invasive noxious weeds.
• CACs are concerned about infestations of serious weed species such
as Scotch Thistle, Leafy and Oblong Spurge, Scotch Broom, and
Diffuse and Spotted Knapweeds
• USFS budgets for NEPA preparation and invasive noxious weeds are
maintained in the USDA budget line items Integrated Resource and
Restoration (IRR) and Hazardous Fuels Reduction (HFR).
• The IRR line item enacted level for FY 2010 was $668 million.
• The HFR line item enacted level for FY 2010 was $340 million.
Symptoms
then Solutions
Thresholds
Control
Alternatives
Functional Biodiversity
Process
and
Synergy
Diversification
Multiple Functions
and Products
Traditional Family
Social Equity
Synthetic Inputs
Conventional
Agriculture
Cultural Diversity
Agroecosystem
IPM
Sustainable
Agriculture
AGROECOLOGY
Organic
Certification
Alternative
Inputs
Organic
Agric.
Symptoms
then Solutions
Direct &Local
Markets
Economic
Viability
Ecosystem
Integrity
NCWM - PDC Certification Triangle
Professional Certification
Exam Development
410-1
Certification
Status
Retail Motor Fuel Devices
Posted
Small Capacity Scales Class III
Being Posted
Package Checking Basic
Being Posted
Vehicle Tank Meters
Question Drafting
Medium Capacity Scales
In Queue
Large Capacity Scales
In Queue
LPG Liquid Metering Devices
In Queue
Price Verification
In Queue
2012 Annual Meeting - PDC
CASAP Member Challenges
• 410 people who hold at least one commissioner or
sealer license
• 420 people who hold at least one deputy license but
do not hold a commissioner or sealer license.
• 1,685 people who currently hold at least one
biologist or inspector license but do not hold a
deputy, commissioner or sealer license.
Questions
Fix #23
Talking Points
Farm Bill 2013: Maintain the Pest and Disease program (aka Section 10201)
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advocating for increased funding.
Maintain FY 12 funding levels for:
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Glassy-wing Pierce’s disease
ACP-HLB
Wildlife Services
Canines (through Farm Bill funding)
EGVM
Noxious weeds
Custom Border Protection agricultural inspections
(Note: Maintaining FY 12 levels may be laudable in an austere federal budget
environment but unrealistic.)