host: mark seetin of the u.s. apple association, talk to us about the money and assistance you're looking for from the federal government. guest: the actual monetary loss we estimate his whole soft -- is wholesaled $37 billion. you could probably will supply that by five in terms of the retailer chain. what we did that u.s. apple because our rovers were so concerned, we immediately -- our growers were so concerned, we looked to the u.s. research service, which provides research support to many areas of agriculture. without that infrastructure, we would have been in very bad condition because at that time we did not know it, but in fact we have been working on this insight for a number of years. though we had an incomplete knowledge base, there was some knowledge base their with which to start. have we not had that infrastructure, we would've been in much worse condition. host: we will be talking with tracy and a few seconds, but mark seetin, what are apple growers doing to combat the stink bug in terms of pesticid

guest: mark seetin and the u.s.pple industry, this is national citizenship day, and we interact with which we depend on the interaction with growers -- we depend on the interaction with growers and the citizens. what is the the response of the federal government? we have responded in several different ways. one of which is organizationally, as mark indicated. basically, we have an infrastructure. mark mention that word. it is critical. we build decades of infrastructure. we are ready to respond to a new test when it comes into the country. we monitor. we have a general invasive species response. the president, in 1999, signed an executive order that established the national invasive species council. we have groups associated with that matter -- that are association. this is a way that federal, state, and other workers come together in all aspects. they come together to respond, to get the right people of the table. in the case of the brown marmorated stink bug, we have been looking at this for all eight -- for about