What is WIN-PST?
WIN-PST is a pesticide environmental risk screening tool that NRCS field office conservationists,
extension agents, crop consultants, pesticide dealers and producers can use to evaluate the potential
for pesticides to move with water and eroded soil/organic matter and affect non-target organisms...
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WIN-PST 3.0 Software
WIN-PST 3.0 is now CCE Certified!
Released 11-11-05
New features of WIN-PST 3.0 include:
- New easier to use interface.
Click here for a screen shot.
- Brand new “Queue” feature allows users to select and save soils,
pesticides and soil/pesticide combinations.
- Users can see interaction ratings real time without having to create a
report.
- Reports can be saved as MS Word and Acrobat “pdf” documents for easier
printing and management.
- Results can now be exported directly to an MS Excel format for easier
incorporation into automated worksheets.
- Takes soils directly from the SSURGO Access Template (SSURGO Version 2.1
format).
Download WIN-PST 3.0:
For 'nrcs.usda.gov', 'fsa.usda.gov', and 'rd.usda.gov' hosts only
WIN-PST 3.0 Download for NRCS
Hint: If the NRCS download site does not work, use WIN-PST 3.0 - Alternate
Download.
For people outside of nrcs.usda.gov, fsa.usda.gov, or rd.usda.gov should use:
WIN-PST 3.0 - Alternate Download
Instructions for Installing WIN-PST 3.0:
WIN-PST 3.0 must be installed by an “administrator” on XP and NT platforms.
Make sure that “All Users” is chosen to use WIN-PST 3.0 during installation (the
default is “All Users”). If “Only Me” is selected, only the administrator will
be able to fully use the program.
WIN-PST 3.0 is installed into C:\Program Files\USDA\WIN-PST 3 and can be
accessed through the start menu under “Engineering Applications-> Win-Pst 3.
For more detailed information on setting up WIN-PST 3.0 to use SSURGO Version
2.1 format soils data see “WIN-PST 3.0 Getting Started”.
WIN-PST 3.0 Soils
WIN-PST Takes soils directly from the SSURGO soils database (SSURGO Version
2.1 format). This SSURGO database is the soils data source for the Tool Kit and
is typically found in Section II of the Field Office Guide (C:\Field_Office_Tech_Guide\Section_II).
For those offices that don’t have Section II on their computer and partners,
they can download the soils data from the
Soil Data Mart.
The SSURGO database can be placed anywhere on your computer. Make sure that if
you have a laptop, that you don’t put it on a remote shared drive that is not
available when you are not connected to the LAN (Local Area Network.) For more
detailed information on setting up WIN-PST 3.0 to use SSURGO Version 2.1 format
soils data see "WIN-PST 3.0 Getting Started".
WIN-PST 3.0 Getting Started:
WIN-PST 3.0 Getting Started
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Pesticide Data Update for WIN-PST 3.0 Software
(Released
11/01/2006)
This update contains all the pesticide database files used by WIN-PST 3.0
software:
- Added 59 new pesticide active ingredients
- Synchronized with EPA's July 2006 product database
* Please note that you do not have to be logged on to your computer as an
administrator to update WIN-PST pesticide data. If you are not comfortable
copying the new files onto your computer, please ask for assistance from your IT
support staff.
* Please note that this update has a macro that can import any scenarios that
you may have created in the original WIN-PST 3.0 main database (winpst.mdb).
Installation instructions:
1) Download the zip file "WIN-PST data update
11-01-06.zip" which contains the updated pesticide data for WIN-PST 3.0 to any
directory you wish.
2) Right click on the downloaded file and choose "WIN-ZIP-> Extract to
Folder..\WIN-PST data update 11-01-06" from the menu.
NOTE: The new data update is named
exactly the same as the old database winpst.mdb. If you would like to keep
your old database, make sure you unzip the update into the "WIN-PST data update
11-01-06" folder so you do not overwrite your old file with the same name.
To import previously saved scenarios into the new database: a.) go to
the "WIN-PST data update 11-01-06" folder and click on the file "winpst.mdb";
b.) on the left hand side under "Object", select "Macros"; and c.) double click
on "Import Scenarios from winpst.mdb". This will import scenarios from the
previous database "C:\Program Files\USDA\WIN-PST 3\winpst.mdb" into the new
database in the "WIN-PST data update 11-01-06" folder.
3) Open WIN-PST 3.0 and choose "Data Management" from the upper left menu.
At the bottom of the screen will be the text "Location and (optional) name of
the winpst.mdb". Use the browse button to the far right to browse to the
"WIN-PST data update 11-01-06" folder and choose the new winpst.mdb.
Download the WIN-PST
3.0 pesticide data update now
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Pesticide Properties Database (PPD)
(Released
11/01/2006)
Note: Not for use within WIN-PST 3.0. For data useable within WIN-PST 3.0 see
"
Pesticide data Update for WIN-PST 3.0 software" above.
The Pesticide Properties Database (PPD) is a subset of the PPD maintained by the
NRCS Pest Management Team/NAPRA Team in Amherst Massachusetts. This is the same
active ingredient data that is in the Pesticide Data Update for WIN-PST 3.0.
The PPD is stored as a single table of active ingredient data in an MS Excel
spreadsheet format. The PPD can be used in lieu of WIN-PST under certain
conditions. The loss ratings contained in the PPD are derived from
Soil Pesticide Interaction Procedure version 2 (SPISP 2) (Goss and Wauchope,
1990) but lack WIN-PST's rating adjustments for application area, rate or
method.
Select
here to open/download the AIData spreadsheet containing pesticide properties and
loss ratings.
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