On September 9-11, 2025, the IR-4 Project hosted its annual priority setting workshop in Denver. Western Growers staff were on hand to help ensure that our members’ priorities were included in this year’s outcomes. We appreciate the expertise from Western Growers members and their trusted Pest Control Advisors to guide our efforts.

Some upcoming projects we look forward to will provide much needed registration and residue work for crops, including weed and thrip control in onions, aphid control in potato, lace bug control in avocado, Phytophthora control in strawberry, husk split control in pecan and fusarium control in onion.

Follow this link for more information on IR-4: https://www.ir4project.org/ or reach out to Western Growers staff to share your latest pest pressures so we can advocate for new control opportunities.