Agricultural Consultation and Training Leads to Voluntary Compliance

 

The Agricultural Consultation and Training Program is an innovative compliance

assistance program unique to an agricultural regulatory agency. This program

embraces the Arizona Department of Agriculture’s (ADA) goal of encouraging

farming, ranching and agribusiness, while protecting consumers and natural

resources by utilizing a non-enforcement approach. ACT is not affiliated with any

of ADA’s enforcement programs, allowing staff members to provide a formal means by which the regulated

agricultural community may request compliance assistance without regulatory intervention. Agricultural

Consultation and Training serves Arizona’s diverse agricultural community by promoting agriculture,

conducting training and increasing voluntary compliance and awareness of regulatory requirements and

providing agricultural conservation education through the following compliance assistance and education

programs:

Pesticide Safety and Worker Protection Standard

Air Quality - Agricultural PM10 Best Management Practices

Agricultural Conservation Education Program

 

The Agricultural Consultation & Training Program also houses the following programs:

Livestock and Crop Conservation Grant Program

Specialty Crop Block Grant Program - Farm Bill

Arizona Citrus Research Council

Arizona Iceberg Lettuce Research Council

Arizona Grain Research and Promotion Council

Agricultural Employment Relations Board

Arizona Agricultural Protection Commission

Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation

 

ACT is not affiliated with on-going enforcement activity within the Department and detected violations are not
made available to regulatory personnel except in cases of imminent danger where human health and welfare
are concerned.

After visiting a site, ACT personnel provides the requestor with a detailed evaluation report tailored
specifically to the requested subject. The report describes information discussed during the visit and offers
corrective recommendations, if applicable.

 

For more information, call 1-800-294-0308 or (602) 542-0137.