Event Details

Date

March 9, 2021

Time

9:30am-12pm

Host

Southwest New York Dairy, Livestock & Field Crops Program


Virtual Steuben County Crop Symposium 2021

March 9, 2021


Join Field Crops Specialist, Josh Putman, and CCE Steuben's Agriculture Educator, Ariel Kirk, for a virtual edition of this year's pesticide recertification course.

AGENDA

9:30 am: Registration to confirm pesticide license numbers for workshop certification

10:00am: Worker Protection Standard
- Christopher Wainwright, DEC Pesticide Control Specialist

Updates regarding the Worker Protection Standard (WPS) created to protect employees in agribusiness fields, including farms, forests, nurseries, and greenhouses from work related exposure to agricultural pesticides.

- 10 minute break -

11:00am: Identifying Pigweeds (Tricks of the Trade) and an Update of Herbicide Resistance Screening in New York
- Dr. Lynn Sosnoskie, Assistant Professor of Weed Science

Palmer amaranth is one of the most problematic weed species in the United States. Its biology and ability to become resistant to multiple classes of herbicides make this weed very difficult to control. We will discuss biology, identification methods, closely related species, and management tools for this newly found weed species in Southwest New York. In addition, we will discuss research being conducted at Cornell University on weeds like marestail and waterhemp.

REGISTRATION
Tuesday March 9, 2021
9:30 am?12:00 pm

Workshop is $15.00

Pre-registration is required.
Please register to pay and note your pesticide license number.

or

mail check with license number to:

CCE Steuben
20 E. Morris St.
Bath, NY 14810

Webinar link and call-in number will be shared the day prior to the presentation by the email you registered with.


1.0 DEC Credits in categories 1d, 22, 24, and 25 and
2.0 DEC Credits in categories 10, 1a, 21, and 23 have been approved for this workshop


REGISTER



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