AJ TaylorFebruary 28, 2021Last Updated: March 2, 2021 Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig recently responded to farmers’ concerns over the timeliness of reporting pesticide drift cases to the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship. During a recent virtual forum hosted by the Iowa Farmers Union, Secretary Naig was asked if improvements could be made to the reporting process of pesticide drift. Currently, farmers claiming an accident, incident, or loss due to a person’s use of pesticide must file an “Incident Report” with the Department’s Pesticide Bureau by calling 515-281-8591 or by emailing the information to pesticides@IowaAgriculture.gov. IFU members asked if online reporting could be possible in the future due to the challenges of finding the time to arrange a call with IDALS.