Appendix A. Question Bank

Appendix A. Question Bank
The following two tables (Table A-1 and Table A-2) encompass questions intended for this information collection.
Questions from Table A-1 are demographic in nature and will be included on all information collections; questions
in Table A-2 will vary across collections, depending on information needs. Response options cannot be identified
prior to collection as they will vary for reasons such as differing cropping situations and pesticide types. No more
than ten questions from Table A-2 will be included on any given information collection. All proposed questions will
be supplied to OIRA prior to an information collection for their review.
Given unique production needs of different use sites, bracketed terms are used in the question bank to allow for
flexibility in question design while still offering a structured bank from which questions may potentially be asked.
The following provides an overview of these bracketed terms.
Explanation of Bracketed Terms Used in Question Banks
Production Areas
Agricultural System(s): In general, this will mostly be an indicator of the crop of interest. But because use
patterns can entail non-crop or other outdoor agricultural sites, the ‘agricultural system’ designation allows
for broader flexibility to address questions about non-typical use sites. Some examples of non-crop
agricultural systems could include:
• Greenhouses or other non-outdoor systems: examples include hoop houses, slat houses, greenhouses,
shade houses, high tunnels, hydroponic arrays, etc.
• Fields or other agricultural units (plots, strips, grids)
• ‘Horticultural-related area’ most often associated with ornamental production systems, for example
outdoor arrays of pots that are treated by ground or chemigation
• Livestock feeding and/or housing premises, or other outdoor agricultural structures
• Aquaculture ponds or lakes
• Indoor growth media, including hydroponic systems and/or growth chambers
• Turf/golf courses
• Forests, tree nurseries, and tree plantations
• Other system that requires pest management
Seed characteristic: Referring to biological, physical or chemical traits of seeds commonly used in
agriculture, that might be related to pest management considerations. Some examples for seeds include
pelleted, coated, dyed, anti-feedant, growth additive, enhanced, certified, etc.
Production area(s)/specific location(s) in a production area(s): Area where a crop is grown, livestock are
kept, etc., or a specific subset of these areas. Includes a wide variety of possibilities, as specific information
on where a particular use is located may be needed. Some examples include field margin treatments, spot
treatments, livestock house treatments around specific areas or apparatus, targeted spraying of particular
production units, etc.
Geographic Area(s): Typically refers to geographic areas such as states, counties, crop reporting districts
(CRDs), regions, watersheds, critical habitats or ranges of endangered species, or other political or physically
bounded areas. May also refer to geographic areas that are identified by physical characteristics or proximity
to a certain crop or area of importance, such as habitat defined by the presence of water or riparian areas.

Management/Practice
Agricultural Practice(s)/Task(s): This can refer to a broad variety of agricultural tasks that may or may not be
directly related to a pesticide application but can be impacted by the requirements around a pesticide
application. Some broad examples of agricultural practices include applying pesticides, mixing/loading
pesticides, tilling land, moving irrigation pipe, training vines, pruning trees, scouting fields, harvesting fruits
or vegetables, hand-thinning fruit, de-flowering crops, etc. There are often restrictions on pesticide usage (for
example, do not conduct x task within 48 hours of application) that can impact farm operations by limiting
the ability to conduct other necessary agricultural practices, and this question allows us to ask those sorts of
specific questions that relate to impacts of pesticide mitigation.
Conservation Practice(s): Refers to a number of tactics employed by growers (and often endorsed by
government programs) to prevent loss of soil or crop material from land by erosion, runoff, etc. or to provide
habitat for beneficial species. Some common examples include conservation tillage, reduced/no tillage,
vegetative filter strips, strip cropping, terracing, terrace farming, cropped/grassed terraces, grassed
waterways contour tillage/farming, crop residue management, water/sediment control basins, in-field
vegetative filter strips, riparian buffers, flowering refuges, habitat enhancement, etc.
Auditing scheme(s)/system(s): Auditing schemes or systems are typically established for the purpose of
guaranteeing compliance with government or non-government standards for food safety standards, environmental
practices, fair trade, or labor. Examples include the USDA AMS programs including organic certification and
accreditation and good agricultural practices (GAP) audits, Primus Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) audits,
and the Equitable Food Initiative (EFI) certification.
Management decision(s): Refers to decisions made by agricultural operation owners/managers regarding use of
pest management tools, technology adoption, or other agronomic decisions related to pest management with
implications for operation profits, environmental impact, or occupational safety.

Specific goal(s): Refers to a goal of an agricultural operation owner/manager (e.g., reducing environmental
impact, improving occupational safety, increasing profits, meeting pesticide use restrictions, etc.) that could
affect decisions about agricultural practices/tasks.
Specific pest management program: Describes a variety of approaches to applying treatments to manage
target pests. Some examples include a preventative program, avoidance program, monitoring program,
suppression program, integrated program, a threshold-based program, a reactive program, a curative
program, or others.
Type of trap or other monitoring mechanism: Used for questions about pest monitoring and can include
various types of traps or monitoring devices. Examples include wing traps, spore traps, delta traps, pitfall
traps, pheromone traps, fly strips, pane traps, passive interception, kairomone traps.
Service(s)/source(s) of information: Refers to sources of information that may be used by producers to
determine best agricultural management practices. Examples include extension agents; technical advisors;
crop advisors; other producers; chemical registrants, retailers, and distributors.
User/Operator

User(s)/Operator(s): Anyone involved in any capacity with pesticide application. Including: Applicators
(Person who physically applies pesticide), Mixer/loaders (Person who mixes pesticide and/or loads it
into application equipment), Other Workers, etc. The tasks conducted by these individuals may overlap
(e.g., a worker could be both an applicator and a mixer/loader, or those activities might be conducted by
separate individuals). May also include individuals who interact with treated material, but do not
themselves participate in application.

Pest
Pest(s): Generally, this will be a species that is targeted by a pesticide treatment, and can include weeds,
parasitic plants, fungi, insects, vertebrates, nematodes, bacteria, viruses, or other micro-organisms. A pest is
a species of organism that negatively impacts the goals of agricultural producers via direct or indirect
damage, quality impacts, competition, contamination, etc.
Terminology
Term(s): Often included in questions seeking specific info about a grower’s understanding of label verbiage
or other commonly used technical language - including informative as to whether EPA’s proposed verbiage
will be understood.
Inputs
Treatment(s): The pesticide active ingredient of interest (might rarely include a biological, biochemical, nonmicrobial, or behavioral-altering based material, such as pheromone mating disruption in some cases, hence
a broad term). Can include specific product, active ingredient, type of pesticide (e.g. insecticide, herbicide,
fungicide), etc.).
Alternative option(s): Same as ‘treatment,’ but generally couched in a question about what producers would
use in the absence of the treatment under consideration for mitigation. Could include mechanical methods of
pest control, e.g., hand removal of weeds.
Soil amendment(s): This can refer to a variety of non-pesticidal treatments added to soil. Some examples
include fertilizers, nutrient enhancers, inoculants, additives, bio-stimulants, composts, compost extracts,
biological blends, residue, etc.
Other input(s): Includes any other agricultural input that does not fall under treatments or soil amendments.
For example, fuel, irrigation equipment, netting, machinery, pollination services, etc.
Method
Application target(s): Where application of treatment is directed (e.g. soil, foliage, bark, surfaces, space
treatment, livestock, etc.).
Application type(s) : This includes a long list of varied ways treatments are applied to crops or agricultural
system. Some examples include ground broadcast sprays, aerial sprays, chemigation, mechanical
incorporation, side dressing, banding, ultra-low-volume fogging, individual plant dips/drenches, trunk/vine
drenches, spot treatments, etc.
Application equipment: Related to specific apparatus for delivery of treatment and can be couched in either
general or specific terms. This encompasses a wide variety of available technology. Some examples include
airblast sprayers, mechanically pressurized hand wands, backpack sprayers, sprayers with laser technology,
groundboom rigs, aerial rigs, etc.
Crop Stage/application timing(s): Refers to a timing based upon a developmental point in the life of a crop
and/or when a treatment is applied. May be influenced by presence or expected presence of pests. Some
examples include emergence, tillering, leaf development, bud break, pre-bloom, bloom, post-bloom,
vegetative stages (in agronomic crops, terms like V-1, V-2, V-3, etc.), reproductive stages (in agronomic
crops, terms like R-1, R-2, R-3, etc.), pre-harvest, at-harvest, post-harvest, time of year, etc. These terms and
delineations vary widely by crop.
Spraying practice: Related more to methodology, this refers to a long list of potential parameters around how
treatments are applied via spray. Some examples include the release height for spray or chemigation
applications, the air-speed of an airblast sprayer, the ground speed of an application rig, or the use of some
crop specific method to deliver treatments such as alternate-row-middle spraying, strip spraying, altered

spray volume per acre as just some examples.
Formulation(s): Refers to the formulation of a pesticide being used and can include myriad terms. The term
formulation means a pesticide preparation supplied by the manufacturer for practical use and includes the
active ingredient and inert ingredients. Some examples include liquids, emulsifiable concentrates, soluble
concentrates, flowables, dry flowables, granulars, wettable powders, soluble powders, fumigants, etc.
Droplet size(s): For spray applications, the size of the spray particle can be a point of interest for both
applicators and regulators. These can sometimes be defined by the average diameter of spray particles, or by
terms such as ultra-fine, super-fine, fine, medium, coarse, ultra-coarse, etc.
Personal Protective Equipment/Engineering Control(s): Equipment worn by mixer/loaders and/or applicators
or equipment designed to decrease exposure of pesticide handlers to the treatment.
Applications
Application rate: Referring to the rate at which a treatment is applied, and most commonly expressed in units
such as grams per acre, pounds per acre, ounces per acre, fluid ounces per acre, (or hectare, or other area unit
as described above).
Number of applications: the number of times a treatment is applied during a specified time period such as a
crop season or year.
Mitigation
Impact(s): Generally associated with pesticide restrictions or proposed mitigations, these are the
consequences to users that are of interest. Some common examples include: chemical costs, labor costs,
convenience, yield, processing quality, nutritional quality, market quality, need for additional field passes,
differential equipment costs, lost time/down time, reduced efficacy, enhanced efficacy, etc.
Specific mitigation: A change to pesticide labeling intended to reduce pesticide exposure to humans or the
environment.
Variable that prohibits application: Anything that may impede application of a treatment, including: weather
variables such as wind speeds, temperatures, precipitation (or lack of precipitation), atmospheric temperature
inversions, or some combination of those. Non-weather variables can include things like soil type,
topography, crop stage, presence of a non-target species, physical/agronomic obstacles, field setup, or other
conditions/events we don’t know about and are querying growers to describe.
Units
Statistical measure(s): Common measurement parameters around questions related to numerical responses.
These can include terms like median, mean, average, minimum, maximum, etc.
Unit of area: Generally, refers to field or crop production area parameters such as acres, hectares, square
meters, square feet, or volumetric measures for an indoor space treatment, such as cubic feet, cubic meters,
etc.
Unit of volume: Generally, refers to the quantity of pesticide handled/applied, such as pounds, gallons, etc.
Unit of Time: Day, week, month, year, season, etc. are the most common examples. Any designation that
limits the scope of a particular question based upon when a treatment would be applied, etc.

End tags that could be added to modify any question:
The following phrases are examples of text that can be added to base questions from the question bank to make them more
specific.
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“in [unit of time]”
“on [agricultural system(s)]”
“treated with [treatment(s)]”
“in [geographic area(s)]”
“using [application type(s)]/[application equipment]”
“for control of [pest(s)]”
“to achieve [specific goal(s)]”
Specification of preferred units
Directions on how to answer the question, such as:
o Please rank choices from most to least common and/or indicate frequency.
o Check all that apply
o Yes/no/don’t know
Changing tense of the question, such as:
o Were
o Are expected to be
o Are typically

Table A-1. Demographic Questions
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[Title]
Greetings! Thank you for your support for this data
collection effort on [subject of survey]. For this survey we
are focusing on [Agricultural System(s), Agricultural
Practice(s)/Task(s), etc.] . Please focus your answers on your
use of [topic of survey] over the past [xx] years. We value
your time and input.
USDA’s Office of Pest Management Policy (OPMP) was
created to support U.S. growers and to help maintain grower
access to effective, affordable, and environmentally sound pest
management tools. OPMP collects and provides accurate pest
management information to Federal regulatory agencies,
including the Environmental Protection Agency. This
information gathering effort supports agricultural producers by
ensuring that pesticide risk assessments and mitigation/labeling
decisions are based on an accurate, timely, and realistic
understanding of agricultural practices in the United States.

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For most respondents, answering the questions in this survey
should take approximately [xx] minutes. Responses will help
OPMP support U.S. producers’ continued use of pest
management tools. [more information about reason for survey]
Your responses will help ensure that regulators have an upto-date understanding of [reason for survey such as: the
critical uses, application methods, specific U.S. regional needs,
and mitigation strategies/best management practices that are
already being used to minimize exposure to non-target
organisms].
Your responses are anonymous. For questions about OPMP’s
mission or to learn more about how OPMP supports U.S.
growers, please feel free to contact OPMP at:
[email protected], or visit our website at:
https://www.usda.gov/oce/pest/about
Please click on the right arrow below to begin the survey.
Paperwork Reduction Act Statement: According to the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, an agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not
required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a valid
OMB control number. The valid OMB control number for this information
collection is 0503-0026. The time required to complete this information
collection is estimated to average 15 minutes per response, including the time
for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and
maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of
information.
Individual reports are kept confidential. U.S. Code Title 18, Section 1905 and
U.S. Code Title 7, Section 2276 provide for the confidentiality of reported
information.

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First, we will ask a few questions about your background.

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Survey link

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Demographic

Specialization
in agriculture

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How did you receive this survey link? Select all that apply.
• Certified Crop Advisors (CCAs)
• National Alliance of Independent Crop Consultants
(NAICC)
• National Association of County Agricultural Agents
(NACAA)
• Other (please specify)
Regarding your specialization in [Agricultural System(s),
Agricultural Practice(s)/Task(s), etc.] in the past five years,
please select all that apply:
• I work for an academic institution (e.g., professor,
researcher, Extension Agent)
• I am a Certified Crop Advisor (CCA)
• I am a member of the National Alliance of Independent
Crop Consultants (NAICC)
• I am currently an agricultural producer of [use site]
• I was previously an agricultural producer of [use site]
• Other (please specify):
• None of the above
• [Additional response choices may be added to this question
if needed to determine role or background.]
If “none of the above” is selected in D2 display T3;
otherwise skip to D3
Based on your response, it appears you are not part of the
stakeholder community we are trying to survey. We are
looking for respondents who are involved with [Agricultural
System(s), Agricultural Practice(s)/Task(s), etc.].

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Demographic

Activity, Role,
Involvement

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Otherwise skip to D4.

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Based on your response, it appears you are not part of the
agricultural stakeholder community we are trying to survey.
We are looking for respondents who are involved with
[Agricultural System(s), Agricultural Practice(s)/Task(s),
etc.]
If you are involved with one or more of these [Agricultural
System(s), Agricultural Practice(s)/Task(s), etc.]and you
selected that you were not in error, please hit the back button
and continue the questionnaire. Otherwise, we thank you for
your time and your response has been recorded.

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If you are involved with one or more of these [Agricultural
System(s), Agricultural Practice(s)/Task(s), etc.] and you
selected that you were not in error, please hit the back button
and continue the questionnaire. Otherwise, we thank you for
your time and your response has been recorded.
In the [unit of time], which of the following [Agricultural
System(s), Agricultural Practice(s)/Task(s), etc.] were you
involved in (either as a producer or in an advisory capacity)?
Select all that apply.
• Checklist of use sites will be provided

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Years in crop
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Ask question D4 for the choices selected in D3
For approximately how many years have you been involved
with the [one or more of these [Agricultural System(s),
Agricultural Practice(s)/Task(s), etc.] indicated above?
• <1 year
• 1 - <5 years
• 5- <10 years
• 10- <20 years
• 20 or more years
Ask question D5 for the choices selected in D3

Approximately how many [unit of area, number of
Operations/Area operations] of the [Agricultural System(s), Agricultural
Demographic
Practice(s)/Task(s), etc.] identified do your answers represent?
involved
• Response options will depend on use site
In which [geographic area(s)] were you involved with the
[Agricultural System(s), Agricultural Practice(s)/Task(s), etc.]
Geographic
Demographic
indicated above in the [xx] years? Select all that apply.
Area
• Checklist of areas will be listed
Text block
Intro text
Next, we will ask about [topic of survey].
Insert introductory questions about topic of survey
If “I was not involved in [XXX]” is selected in question D6
T6- display
display logic
display T6
logic
Otherwise skip to next question
The remaining questions in this survey pertain to [XXX]. If you
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have used [XXX], please hit the back button and select [XXX]
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(other, e.g.
as [XXX] before continuing the survey.
methods)
Otherwise, we thank you for your time and your response has
been recorded.
Insert questions about main topic of survey
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flow text
Next, we will ask you questions about [sub-topic].
Insert questions about sub-topic of survey
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You're almost done! Just two more questions to go.
Optional: If you would like to share any additional information
Optional
Optional
feedback about about [survey topic], please do so in the space below.
Feedback
topic
• free text box
Optional
Feedback

Optional
feedback about
topic

Optional: If you would like to share any feedback on this
survey, please do so in the space below.
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You have completed the survey! Your responses have been
recorded.
OPMP thanks you for sharing your time and expertise with our
office. Your cooperation and input to this survey helps our
office advocate for the needs of agricultural stakeholders in
discussions with regulators.
If you have other general thoughts you would like to share with
us, please reach out to our office at:
[email protected]. To learn more about OPMP's
mission and how our office supports U.S. growers, visit our
website at:
https://www.usda.gov/oce/pest/about
Thank you again!

Table A-2. Question Bank
OG ID

New #

Question Category

212

1

Terminology

213
214

2
3

Terminology
Terminology

172

4

Use Site

New

5

Use Site

171

6

Use Site

184

7

185

8

186

9

188

10

166

11

154

12

164

13

165

14

178

15

(based on 188)

Use Site
(Seed Treated/Traits)
Use Site
(Seed Treated/Traits)
Use Site
(Seed Treated/Traits)
Use Site
(Seed Treated/Traits)
Use Site
(Seed Treated/Traits)
Use Site
(Seed Treated/Traits)
Use Site
(Planting Practice)
Use Site
(Planting Practice)
Use Site
(Seed Treated/Traits)

Question
What is the term familiar to [user/operator] that indicates
[term(s)]?
What does the term "[term(s)]" mean to you?
How does the term "[term(s)]" differ from "[term(s)]"?
What was the [statistical measure] area/size of a [agricultural
system(s)] [production area(s)/specific location(s) in a
production area(s)]?
What [statistical measure] of [geographic area] [unit of area]
were planted with [agricultural system(s)]?
What proportion of [agricultural system(s)] was produced
under [management/practice] vs [management/practice]?
What was the cost of [agricultural system(s)] seed?
What was the cost of [seed characteristic] [agricultural
system(s)] seed?
What were the advantages/disadvantages of [seed
characteristic] [agricultural system(s)] seeds?
What percentage of [agricultural system(s)] acres were planted
with [seed characteristic] seeds?
What bittering agents, or other deterrents, were used to prevent
non-target organisms from consuming treated [agricultural
system(s)] seed?
What size were pelleted [agricultural system(s)] seeds?
What method(s) were used to plant [agricultural system(s)]?
What was the [statistical measure] depth that [agricultural
system(s)] seeds were planted?
What proportion of the planted [agricultural system(s)] seed
remained on top of the soil?

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New #

156

16

157

17

114

18

115

19

224
168

20
21

Question Category
Use Site
(Seeding Rates)
Use Site
(Seeding Rates)
Use Site
(End Products)
Use Site
(End Products)
Use Site
(Bridging)
Use Site
(Soil Amendments)

80

22

Use Site
(Soil Amendments)

229

23

Use Site
(Soil Amendments)

167

24

230
138
New

25
26

Use Site
(Soil Amendments)
Treatment
Treatment

27

Treatment

112

28

Educational
Resources

113

29

Educational
Resources

63

30

New

31

58

32

161

33

46

34

109

35

Conservation
Practices

47

36

Conservation
Practices

New

37

Conservation
Practices

(based on 129)

Educational
Resources
Educational
Resources
Conservation
Practices
Conservation
Practices
Conservation
Practices

Question
What was [statistical measure] seeding rate per [unit of area]
for [agricultural system(s)]?
Why was [application rate] seeding rate used for [agricultural
system(s)]?
What end products were produced from [agricultural
system(s)]?
What was the range of distribution for end products produced
from [agricultural system(s)]?
Is it appropriate to extrapolate use patterns from [agricultural
system(s)] to reflect use on [agricultural system(s)]?
Were [soil amendment(s)] applied in [agricultural system(s)]?
What was the [statistical measure] application rate for
application of [soil amendment(s)] to [production
area(s)/specific location(s) in production area(s)] on
[agricultural system(s)]?
What was the estimated proportion of [soil amendment(s)]
applied on [agricultural system(s)] [production area(s)/specific
location(s) in production area(s)]?
For [agricultural system(s)], what was the [statistical measure]
of nutrient input that was provided by [soil amendment(s)]?
In what agricultural system(s) were [treatment(s)] used?
What were the niche uses of [treatment(s)]?
What factors were unique to [treatment(s)] that limited the area
that can be treated?
How often were the following service(s)/source(s) of
information used to inform [management decision(s)]?
Which of the following types of service(s)/source(s) of
information offered by [service(s)/source(s) of information]
were used as sources of pest management decision(s)?
In an effort to [specific goal(s)], were any of the following
service(s)/source(s) of information utilized?
Were [services/source(s) of information] accessible/easy to
understand?
Were any of the following conservation practice(s)/
agricultural practice(s)/task(s) used?
On what percent of [unit of area] was [conservation
practice(s)]/[agricultural practice(s)/task(s)] used?
Were any of the following conservation practice(s)/agricultural
practice(s)/task(s) used specifically to [specific goal(s)]?
On what percentage of acres were [conservation
practice(s)]/[agricultural practice(s)/task(s)] used for [specific
goal(s)]?
If any of the following conservation practice(s) were used, how
easy or difficult was it to implement this practice or activity in
terms of labor, training, capital expenditures, and other costs?
How has [conservation practice(s)] affected your operation?

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48

38

Conservation
Practices
Conservation
Practices
Conservation
Practices
Conservation
Practices
Conservation
Practices

If any of the following conservation practice(s) weren’t used,
why was this practice or activity NOT used?
What application type(s)/application equipment were used to
enhance [conservation practice(s)]?
Were [treatment(s)] a component of [specific pest management
program]?
How important was [treatment(s)] for [conservation
practice(s)]?
Which of the following auditing scheme(s)/system(s), if any,
did operations participate in?
Were [pest(s)] monitored by [type of trap or other monitoring
mechanism]?
Was [pest(s)] scouting/monitoring done after application to
evaluate degree of control?
Was [pest(s)] scouting/monitoring data compared to published
information on infestation thresholds to determine when to take
measures to manage [pest(s)] in this [unit of area]?
Why was pest(s) scouting/monitoring conducted?

107

39

100

40

148

41

179

42

136

43

Scouting/Monitoring

133

44

Scouting/Monitoring

134

45

Scouting/Monitoring

132

46

Scouting/Monitoring

101
199
203

47
48
49

Target Pest
Target Pest
Target Pest

210

50

Target Pest

250

51

New

52

141

53

New

54

New

55

246

56

New

57

New

58

Worker
Considerations
(REI)
Worker
Considerations
(Tasks)
Worker
Considerations
(Tasks)
Worker
Considerations
(Tasks)
Worker
Considerations
(Tasks)
Worker
Considerations
(Tasks)
Worker
Considerations
(Tasks)
Worker
Considerations
(Tasks)

What were the primary pest(s) of concern?
What were the target pest(s) of [treatment(s)]?
Were [treatment(s)] used to control [pest(s)]?
How common were applications of [treatment(s)] that target
multiple pest(s)?
When [user(s)/operator(s)] re-enter the [agricultural system(s)]
[unit of area], what [management/practice] were done?
What was the [statistical measure] number of [unit of volume]
of [treatment(s)] an individual [user(s)/operator(s)]
[management/practice] in a given [unit of time]?
What was the [statistical measure] number of [unit of area] an
individual [user(s)/operator(s)] [management/practice]
[treatment(s)] to in a given [unit of time]?
How many individuals were generally involved in
[management/practice] [treatment(s)] per [unit of time]?
How many RUP Certified [user(s)/operator(s)] are available
to the operation during [unit of time]?
What were the number of refill events of [treatment(s)] per
[unit of time], per [user(s)/operator(s)]?
Are [user(s)/operator(s)] contractors or operation staff?
How commonly were [user(s)/operator(s)] also
[user(s)/operator(s)]?

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New #

New

59

New

60

240

61

Method

New

62

Method

215

63

Method

192

64

Method

99

65

Method

175

66

Method

174

67

Method

235

68

Method

25

69

Method

243

70

Method

31

71

Method

222

72

Method

40

73

Method

New

74

Method

42

75

Method

41

76

Method

60
65

77
78

New

79

Method
Method
Method
(Bridging)
Method
(Spraying Specific)
Method
(Spraying Specific)
Method
(Spraying Specific)

(based on 33)

(based on 244)

50

80

49

81

52

82

Question Category
Worker
Considerations
(PPE-EC)
Worker
Considerations
(PPE-EC)

Question
What PPE/engineering controls do you use for
[treatment(s)]/[formulation(s)]?
What PPE/engineering controls are available for
[treatment(s)]/[formulation(s)]?
Was application equipment owned, shared, rented, and/or
leased and/or was application done by a custom applicator?
What type of [application equipment] was used when making
[application type(s)]?
Were [application type(s)]/[application equipment] used
indoors, such as [agricultural system(s)], or outdoors, such as
[agricultural system(s)]?
What was the standard size of tanks for [application
equipment] used for [application type(s)]?
How often did [variable that prohibits application] impede
application?
What were the disadvantages of [application
type(s)]/[application equipment]?
What were the advantages of [application type(s)]/[application
equipment]?
What was the importance of [application type(s)]/[application
equipment]?
Were [application type(s)]/[application equipment] always
important or only in certain situations?
What were the preferred [application type(s)]/[application
equipment]?
Why were [application type(s)]/[application equipment]
preferred over others?
Was [application type(s)]/[application equipment] used more
frequently than [application type(s)]/[application equipment]?
How often were [application type(s)]/[application equipment]
used?
What treatment(s) were applied using this [application
type(s)]/[application equipment]?
If applications were incorporated, what was the target depth?
If chemigation applications were watered in, what was the
target depth?
How often was [application equipment] cleaned?
Was separate application equipment used for applications?
Is it appropriate to extrapolate use patterns from [agricultural
system(s)] to reflect use on [agricultural system(s)]?
Which of the following spraying practice(s) were used to make
applications?
Which of the following spraying practice(s) resulted in a
sprayer re-calibration?
What was the [statistical measure] spray volume, in gallons per
acre (GPA), for application(s)?

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New #

53

83

55

84

New

85

57

86

54

87

62

88

New

89

(based on 36)

59

90

New

91

26

92

New

93

(based on 98)

Question Category

Question

Method
(Spraying Specific)
Method
(Spraying Specific)
Method
(Spraying Specific)
Method
(Spraying Specific)
Method
(Spraying Specific)
Method
(Spraying Specific)
Method
(Target)
Method
(Target)
Method
(Target)
Method
(Timing)
Method
(Timing)
Method
(Formulation)
Method
(Formulation)
Method
(Formulation)
Method
(Formulation)
Rate
(Vol)

What was the [statistical measure] operating pressure, in
pounds per square inch (PSI)?
What was the [statistical measure] ground speed when making
application(s)?
What was the [statistical measure] height above the ground or
plant canopy when making applications?
What target droplet size spectrum was generally used when
making spray applications?
What type of nozzle(s) were used when making spray
application(s)?
What were the most common reasons for replacing the
nozzle(s) on the sprayers?

232

94

38

95

32

96

237

97

81

98

150

99

93

100

New

101

95

102

78

103

82

104

Rate
(Why Vol)

94

105

Rate
(Why Vol)

Rate
(Vol)
Rate
(Vol)
Rate
(Vol)
Rate
(Why Vol)
Rate
(Why Vol)

What were the application target(s)?
In which direction was the majority of material from
[application type(s)]/[application equipment] directed?
Why were applications made to [application target(s)]?
What were the primary application crop stage/application
timing(s)?
Why were applications made at [crop stage/application
timing(s)]?
Were [formulation(s)] used?
Why were the [formulation(s)] important?
Why were [formulation(s)] preferred over others?
What problems did [formulation(s)] pose?
What was the [statistical measure] [unit of time] application
rate for [treatment(s)] on [agricultural system(s)]?
What was the [statistical measure] number of [unit of area] that
were treated with [treatment(s)] in a [unit of time] on
[agricultural system(s)]?
What were the [statistical measure] application rates of
[treatment(s)] per seed used on [agricultural system(s)]?
What was the [statistical measure] [unit of time] application
rate for [treatment(s)] on [agricultural system(s)]?
Under what conditions was [treatment(s)] used at [application
rate] on [agricultural system(s)]?
For what purposes were [statistical measure] application rate of
[treatment(s)] used on [agricultural system(s)]?
Under what circumstances were [unit of time] [treatment(s)]
application rates above [application rate] on [agricultural
system(s)]?
Why were different application rates of [treatment(s)] per seed
be used on [agricultural system(s)]?

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New #

Question Category

New

106

Rate
(Why Vol)

New

107

Rate
(#)

35

108

Rate
(#)

146

109

140

110

143

111

Rate
(Why #)

145

112

Rate
(Why #)

218

113

PCT

228

114

PCT

189

115

Rotate/Tank Mix

180

116

Rotate/Tank Mix

116

117

119

118

117

119

New

120

129

121

120

122

44

123

219

124

6

125

2

126

Rate
(Why #)
Rate
(Why #)

Geography
(Where)
Geography
(Where)
Geography
(Where)
Geography
(Where)
Geography
(Where)
Geography
(Differences)
Cost Of Application
Alternatives
(Options)
Alternatives
(Options)
Alternatives
(Options)

Question
Why were application rate(s) used for application(s) of
[treatment(s)] made to [production area(s)/specific location(s)
in production area(s)] on [agricultural system(s)]?
What was the [statistical measure] [unit of time] application
number for [treatment(s)] on [agricultural system(s)]?
How frequently were application(s) of [treatment(s)] made to
[production area(s)/specific location(s) in production area(s)]
on [agricultural system(s)]?
What were the drivers for applying [number] applications of
[treatment(s)] on [agricultural system(s)]?
How likely was it that multiple applications of [treatment(s)]
were made on [agricultural system(s)] within a [unit of time]?
Under what circumstances did the number of applications of
[treatment(s)] exceed [number] applications on [agricultural
system(s)]?
What were the [statistical measure] application intervals used
when applying [treatment(s)] on [agricultural system(s)]?
What percent of [agricultural system(s)] were treated with
[treatment(s)]?
When treating with [treatment(s)], what percentage of
applications only occur in[production area(s)/specific
location(s) in production area(s)]?
Was [treatment(s)] primarily used alone or in combination with
other [treatment(s)]?
Were [treatment(s)] rotated and/or tank mixed (with different
Modes of Action (MOA)) for the purpose of [specific goal(s)]?
Where does the use of [treatment(s)] occur?
Where in [geographical area(s)] was [treatment(s)] used?
Are there any [geographic area(s)] where [treatment(s)] was an
important control measure?
What special considerations exist for [production
area(s)/specific location(s) in production area(s)] on
[agricultural system(s)]?
What factors were unique to [geographic area(s)] that limited
the area that can be treated?
How did use patterns vary between [geographical area(s)]?
In [unit of time], what was the cost per application of
[treatment(s)] in dollars per [unit of area]?
Were [treatment(s)] used more than [treatment(s)]?
What other management options are available if [treatment(s)]
was not available?
What alternatives to [treatment(s)] are available where
[treatment(s)] is currently used?

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New #

3

127

New

128

10

129

11

130

7

131

13

132

Alternatives
(Efficacy/Cost)

133

Alternatives
(Efficacy/Cost)

12

134

Alternatives
(Efficacy/Cost)

15

135

16

136

27

137

Mitigation Feasibility

28

138

Mitigation Feasibility

30
29

139
140

Mitigation Feasibility
Mitigation Feasibility

159

141

Mitigation Feasibility

239

142

Mitigation Feasibility

New

143

Mitigation Feasibility

34

144

Mitigation Feasibility

155

145

Mitigation Feasibility

187

146

Mitigation Feasibility

147

147

Mitigation Feasibility

247

148

Mitigation Feasibility

New
(based on
12&15)

Question Category
Alternatives
(Options)
Alternatives
(Efficacy/Cost)
Alternatives
(Efficacy/Cost)
Alternatives
(Efficacy/Cost)
Alternatives
(Efficacy/Cost)

Alternatives
(Efficacy/Cost)
Alternatives
(Efficacy/Cost)

Question
What alternative option(s) are available for [pest(s)] targeted
by [treatment(s)]?
How much higher are the costs to use [treatment(s)] than
[treatment(s)]?
What are the advantages of [treatment(s)] relative to
[alternative option(s)]?
What are the disadvantages of [treatment(s)] relative to
[alternative option(s)]?
How do [alternative option(s)] compare to [treatment(s)] in
terms of product performance?
If [treatment(s)] was not available, what would be the
estimated yield impact(s) and/or quality losses when using
[alternative option(s)]?
If [treatment(s)] was not available, what other expected costs
would be incurred, besides potential yield or quality losses?
If [treatment(s)] was not available, besides potential yield or
quality losses, what other expected costs would be incurred if
[treatment(s)] were no longer available and alternative
option(s) had to be adopted?
If [treatment(s)] was not available, how would the chemical
costs per [unit of area] change?
What would be the disadvantages of using the next best
alternative option(s) to [treatment(s)]?
Could [application type(s)]/[application equipment] of
[treatment(s)] be effectively/efficiently replaced by [application
type(s)]/[application equipment]?
Could [formulation(s)] of [treatment(s)] be replaced by
[formulation(s)]?
Would [droplet size(s)] be feasible for [treatment(s)]?
How could [specific mitigation(s)] affect [treatment(s)]?
If a [specific mitigation(s)] were required to use [treatment(s)],
what resource considerations would arise?
What changes would be required if [application
type(s)]/[application equipment] of [treatment(s)] where
switched to [application type(s)]/[application equipment]?
What is the [statistical measure] number of [unit of time] over
which you could apply [treatment(s)] effectively?
How many [unit of area] can be treated with [treatment(s)] in
[unit of time] on [agricultural system(s)]?
Could [agricultural system(s)] seeds be pelletized to [number]?
What type of impact(s) would be observed if [seed
characteristic] was mandatory?
Would loss of availability of [treatment(s)] affect the feasibility
of [conservation practice(s)]?
What are the specific impact(s) that might be expected if the reentry Interval (REI) was greater than [number] [unit of time]?

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New #

248

149

253

150

238

151

69

152

70

153

72

154

New

155

(based on 72)

Question Category

Question

What is the maximum re-entry interval (REI) that would be
Mitigation Feasibility acceptable on [agricultural system(s)]? The current REI is
[number] [unit of time].
What would be the expected impact(s) from a requirement to
Mitigation Feasibility
use [Personal Protective Equipment/Engineering Control(s)]?
What changes would be required if [formulation(s)] where
Mitigation Feasibility
switched to [formulation(s)]?
Rate
What is the lowest effective application rate of [treatment(s)]
(Lowest Effective)
that could be used to control for [pest(s)]?
Rate
What is the lowest effective application rate of [treatment(s)]
(Lowest Effective)
that could be used on [agricultural system(s)]?
What was the lowest effective application rate of [treatment(s)]
Rate
when used in tank mixes with [treatment(s)] that could be used
(Lowest Effective)
to control for [pest(s)]?
What was the lowest effective number of applications of
Rate
[treatment(s)] when used in tank mixes with [treatment(s)] that
(Lowest Effective)
could be used to control for [pest(s)]?

84

156

Rate
(Rotate/Tank Mix)

How would [treatment(s)] application rates differ when used
alone versus in combination with [treatment(s)]?

226

157

Rate
(Rotate/Tank Mix)

New

158

Inputs

New

159

Inputs

New

160

New

161

Would rotating chemistries reduce the likelihood that [number
of applications] are needed per [unit of time]?
In what [unit of time] are [agricultural system(s)] [inputs]
purchased for the next growing season?
How do [inputs] prices affect producers’ decisions?
Have producers of [agricultural system] faced shortages of
[inputs]?
[Other questions not explicitly written out in this question
bank. New questions will be added to the question bank if used]

Inputs
Other