1998-1999 Pesticide Market Estimates: Authors & Acknowledgments

Authors

David Donaldson, Timothy Kiely, and Arthur Grube, Ph.D.

Biological and Economic Analysis Division
Office of Pesticide Programs
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substances
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Washington, DC 20460

August 2002

Acknowledgments

For the first time, the report has been completed by someone other than Arnold Aspelin. His knowledge and experience cannot be replaced; however, he left behind an outstanding collection of pesticide sales and usage data, industry contacts, and report methodologies, so that the report could continue where he left off.

The authors of this report would also like to acknowledge the valuable assistance provided by the following reviewers:

• Allen Jennings, United States Department of Agriculture;
• Merritt Padgitt, United States Department of Agriculture;
• Chuck Benbrook, Benbrook Consulting Services;
• Susan Kegley, Pesticide Action Network, North America;
• Ada Scott, California Department of Pesticide Regulation;
• John Wilkin, Greg Malcom, and Jenne Ahlgrim, Doane Marketing Research, Inc.;
• Dennis Fugate, Kline & Co., Inc.;
• Leonard Gianessi, National Center for Food and Agricultural Policy;
• Lawrence Norton, CropLife America;
• Norman Bennett, United States Department of Agriculture; and
• EPA reviewers David Widawsky and Jonathan Becker.