This week’s Cotton Newsline is 3 cuts. All cuts are Bill Grefenstette (pronounced Grif-en-stet), National Program Coordinator for the USDA Boll Weevil and Pink Bollworm Eradication Programs.
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In the late 1970s, the National Boll Weevil Eradication Program was launched by USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service along the Virginia-North Carolina border. According to Bill Grefenstette, Program Coordinator, as the 2006 season comes to a close, the boll weevil eradication is about 85 percent complete nationwide.
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The active phase of the Boll Weevil Eradication Program is projected to be done by the end of 2009. Grefenstette says they are now working on post eradication plans.
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As adjustments are made for the post eradication plan, Grefenstette says there are still challenges ahead.
