2012 New York Consolidated Laws
AGM - Agriculture & Markets
Article 11 - (148 - 149) INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
148-B - Livestock/forage pest management.

 
    § 148-b. Livestock/forage  pest management. Within the integrated pest
  management program there shall be established  a  livestock/forage  pest
  management  program. Such program shall be conducted in such a manner to
  achieve the following objectives:
    1.  develop  systematic  insect,  disease  and  weed  pest  management
  strategies  for  use  on  New  York livestock and cash grain farms which
  integrate  management  tactics  into  environmentally   compatible   and
  economically  sound systems to be used by producers, extension personnel
  and private enterprise;
    2. obtain information regarding crop, animal  and  stored  grain  pest
  occurrence   and   severity,  pesticide  usage,  other  pest  management
  strategies used,  effective  pest  monitoring  techniques  and  scouting
  intervals,  and the effectiveness of the producer's current pest control
  practices;
    3. determine the most effective, low-cost methods  and  organizational
  structures   for   delivering  integrated  pest  management  systems  to
  individual farming operations; and
    4. utilize the program that is designed to satisfy the  objectives  as
  provided  for  in  subdivisions  one, two and three of this section as a
  training mechanism for individuals at all levels of operation.