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Top 10 Reasons to Attend the OAAA
Fly In
1. Visit with pilots and other old friends.
2. See if other pilots are doing better or worse than I am.
3. Understand how to better determine droplet distribution size to comply with pesticide labels.
4. Determine optimum swath for my setups.
5. Try to explain why I am streaking some fileds and not others.
6. Look at the way other aircraft have been setup.
7. Visit with Richard and Dennis.
8. Get a SAFE certificate for possibly cheaper insurance purposes.
9. Make points with someone in ODAFF.
10. They always have a good lunch.
11. Check my flaps and get all my nozzles unplugged.
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2008 UNWANTED PESTICIDE DISPOSAL DATES AND UPDATE FROM OSU -
DR. JIM CRISWELL
EPA is going to propose plastic pesticide container recycling rules this fall. They will apply to the registrants and to 55 gallon and smaller containers. It is thought the proposed rule will require each registrant to recycle a given percentage of the poundage of plastic produced the year before. Registrants will be allowed to recycle anyone's plastic without geographical limitations. Our concerns for Oklahoma is that the registrants will focus on the high pesticide use areas and Oklahoma is not one of them.
EPA explained that their containment rule requires pads for any company that is loading bulk material, cleaning refillable containers, transferring of pesticides from one container to another container for repackaging. This should not affect most aerial applicators.
Colony Collapse Disorder for bees may be due to several causes including pesticides. Other causes are diseases, stress on the bees and poor nutrition for the bees. CCD is not new. This is according to a University of Florida bee researcher.
EPA's Endangered Species program is basically on hold due to USFWS and NOAA scientists not accepting EPA's method of determining no affect. Even if this was not the case FWS and NOAA have a total of five (5) scientists who can work on the numerous pesticide cases.
EPA will need to review 70 pesticides per year to meet the mandated 2022 deadline for reregistration. Through this process EPA will include Endangered Specie review and risk assessments.
The Unwanted Pesticide Collection dates are: Dec 2 McAlester
Dec 4 Kellyville
Dec 9 Morrison
Dec 11 Woodward
Visit http://pested.okstate.edu for more information on these dates and locations.
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NEWS
The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry has been granted a crisis exemption for the use of Prowl H2O to control sand bur spp in Bermuda grass pastures.
This is GROUND only label with a 40 day grazing haying restriction. This label must be in the possession of those making the application.
This product can be used as specified on the label starting March 24, 2008 and not to be applied after April 8, 2008.
fOR SPECIFIC INFORMATION AND LABEL GO TO THE ODAFF WEBSITE http://www.oda.state.ok.us.
SPECIAL NOTICE TO INDUSTRY REGARDING ODAFF NEW NON-RESTRICTED USE PESTICIDE DEALER LICENSE
Please be advised that at the request of the Oklahoma Agribusiness Retailers Association and other entities, the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food & Forestry has decided to delay implementation of the new Non-Restricted Use Pesticide Dealer permit until January 1, 2008. Originally, the permit application was due August 31, 2007.
The ODAFF will be working with industry to make changes to the rule, especially in the record keeping area.
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