Happy equinox! And some warm weather!

DEC will hold a Pesticide stakeholder meeting on the proposed changes on pesticide regulations and certification on Oct 1, 2020 from 9-1. We’ve been hearing about what changes might occur.  In this presentation, you can hear the specifics and ask questions and there are also links to make suggestions.  The topics are:

The Federal Certification & Training Rule

Certification & Training

Business & Agency Registration

Commercial Permits

Pesticide Use

Minimum Risk Pesticide Products

Chrlorpyrifos

Aquatic Pesticides

I attended today’s version and it had lots of useful information.  Also, the certification information was towards the beginning if you can’t attend the whole thing.  To register, go to https://www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/298.html and the link is under Hot Topics.  That link also has the slides and factsheets, and a comment form.

The Coronavirus Food Assistance Program has a new round starting Sept 21 (yesterday).  There is a webinar on Thursday, Sept 24 at 3:00: https://globalmeetwebinar.webcasts.com/starthere.jsp?ei=1372084&tp_key=8efafcdd45 to register.  Information on the program is at https://www.farmers.gov/cfap. Remember that this does now include ornamental crops – and there have been payouts made to ornamentals operations in NYS from the first version of CFAP.  Here is the link for the page on Floriculture and Nursery – https://www.farmers.gov/cfap/nursery

Information on the farmworker testing in 5 NYS counties – https://agriculture.ny.gov/coronavirus

Have a great week!