Wisconsin continues to be a leader in the production of vegetables grown for processing, ranking first in the production of snap beans and third in carrot production. During the summer of 2003, we initiated a multiyear IPM program on carrots and processing snap beans with funding from EPA, The American Farmland Trust and the Midwest Food Processors Association. Project cooperators included carrot growers, snap bean growers, a prominent vegetable processor and an IPM consultant who provides IPM services to clientele. This project, focusing on pest management activities used in the production of carrots and snap beans, demonstrated changes in approaches to management of plant pests, the chemistry and amount of pesticides used, the cultivars being planted and use of disease forecasting tools used by growers. The project also highlighted areas where extension activities can further improve the adoption of IPM technology. More specifically the project documented that carrot growers have shifted from planting mostly disease susceptible cultivars to planting a wide array of disease resistant cultivars that contributed to a 43% reduction in toxicity scores for their pest management programs. Carrot growers also greatly reduced their use of FQPA pesticides while maintaining pest control at economic levels. Snap bean growers also greatly increased their adoption of advanced IPM tools, decreased the pesticide active ingredients being applied for pest control and significantly reduced their use of FQPA pesticides. Information from this study is helpful in identifying specific tools which growers will most likely adopt and which will most likely be supported by food processors. Information from this project will prove useful in moving the processing industry forward in the adoption of advanced IPM tools.