North Dakota State University
NDSU Extension Service
Volume 15, No. 4 -- October 1997
| Coordinator's Comments Farewell Once Again Project Safe Send Returnable Containers Container Recycling Financial Responsibility Tulane University Withdraws Paper on Estrogenic Effects Do You Need To Be Recertified? Take Time to Review Certified Crop Adviser Exams February 6, 1998 Animal Damage Control Becomes Wildlife Services Thank You Pesticide Perceptions Law Insect Control |
Disease Control State Label for Seven Day Pre Harvest Interval for Super Tin on Potatoes Folicur Receives Crisis Exemption for Control of Sunflower Rust Sclerotinia on Canola Weed Control Equipment Safety |
This is the last issue of the North Dakota Pesticide Quarterly that I will be sending to you. At the end of October I will be leaving to become an agronomist for Cenex/Land O' Lakes Agronomy Company. It has been a wonderful experience working with you and your fellow pesticide applicators and dealers. It is thrilling to consider the many improvements and achievements that all of us have worked hard for in pest management and control in the North Dakota. This week I was visiting with some applicators who had made changes to their operations and were pleased with the results. That fills me with joy. Please make sure that you take some credit for those achievements. I challenge you to keep striving to be your very best and to keep on improving. You have my sincere thanks for all you do and my best wishes for your safety, success, prosperity and happiness as you make the lives of all North Dakotans better.
There are many people that I need to thank for their help and for their efforts.
Thanks to those of you who promoted and participated in the Project Safe Send waste pesticide collection programs earlier this season. More waste pesticide was collected in 1997 than ever before. The total amount of waste pesticides that has been collected in all of the Project Safe Send programs is over 250 tons. There will be another Project Safe Send collection program in July of 1998. Please promote and participate in this program. There will be collection sites throughout North Dakota and preregistration for the program will be optional. (Even though preregistration is optional, preregistrations help the Project Safe Send Board plan ahead for the collections and negotiate with the hazardous waste contractor.) If you or anyone you know has banned, unusable, or waste pesticides please make sure they make use of this valuable program. If you have any questions or would like to preregister please contact Judy Carlson at the North Dakota Department of Agriculture, 701-328-4997 for more information.
Thank you to those who are selling or using returnable containers. Thank you to AGSCO for developing the Out'N'Back SVR technology. Also thanks to the other distributors that are providing this returnable container technology to your customers. North Dakota is leading the nation in the adoption of unsafe of returnable containers. Orval Swenson, AGSCO, and Dr. Frank Manthey, NDSU Department of Plant Sciences will be presenting a paper about SVR technology at the Symposium on Pesticide Formulations and Application Systems of the American Society for Testing and Materials. Over 50% of the pesticide in North Dakota is now being supplied in returnable containers.
Many thanks to Ostlund Chemical Company, West Chem Agricultural Chemicals Inc. and Cenex/Land O' Lakes for again conducting a collection and recycling program for properly rinsed plastic pesticide containers in North Dakota. Thank you to each of you who promoted or participated in the programs. I would like say a special thanks to Dave Radebaugh at Ostlund Chemical Company for all the help he has provided me over the years.
The North Dakota Pesticide Control Board must require all commercial applicators to provide proof of financial responsibility to the NDSU Pesticide Program each year beginning January 1, 1998. See the article on page 8 to see how this affects you.
Earlier a Tulane University researcher claimed that estrogenic effects were greatly enhanced when several insecticides acted synergistically. Now that paper has been withdrawn. With federal regulations in place that require investigation and regulation of pesticides in consideration of estrogenic effects, what effect will this have on decision making?
Please take a peek at your certification card to see if you need to be recertified for the 1998 season. If the number in the box next to the category you are certified in is 98 your certification will expire on April 1, 1998. You will need to plan to get recertified this next training season. A listing of recertification meetings can be found under Training. Please contact the NDSU Pesticide Programs Office if you have questions.
Now that your season is over, it is time to quickly review your operation. Did you achieve the results you're looking for? Were profits up and costs down? Did your customers and neighbors see your professionalism? Do you have what it takes to succeed in this business?
Its easy to spot a successful operation. Service is the first priority. Much attention is paid to details. Equipment is maintained. Safety is important. The operation is organized and clean.
How does your operation rate? What do your customers and neighbors see when they look at your operation? Do they see a business that places a high priority on safety and protecting the environment? Do they see a good neighbor? One who cares?
If you or your business are trustworthy, there will be fewer complaints, less fear, and less chance that more regulations will be proposed.
All MY BEST WISHES FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUCCESS!
Greg Dahl
The next Certified Crop Adviser exams are being offered February 6, 1998. The exams will be in Carrington, with the national exam given in the morning and the state exam in the afternoon.
The deadline for examination registrations to be in the American Society of Agronomy Office, Madison, Wisconsin, is December 12. Registrations received after this date, regardless of the postmark, will be returned. Individuals who signed up for the August 1997 exams but did not take them will NOT automatically be rescheduled for the February 1998 exams.
Exam fees are as follows:
National exam -- $ 100.00
National retake -- $50.00
ND exam -- $ 75.00
ND retake -- $37.50
If you cancel your registration after the registration deadline (December 12, 1997) or are not present on exam day, the exam fees become non-refundable. You must pay a $25.00 re-application fee to re-register for the August 1998 or February 1999 exams. After this time, the full registration fee will be required. This also applies to retest applications.
Registration packets, together with the state and international performance objectives, are available from:
ND CCA Board Office
ATTN: Char Goodyear
PO Box 5437, NDSU
Fargo, ND 58105-5437
phone: 701/231-7173
FAX: 701/231-8378
email: cgoodyea@ndsuext.nodak.edu
The North Dakota Performance Objectives list several good resources to help prepare for the examination, including the CCA Prep Book, by the AgriBusiness Group; CCA Self-Study Manual, by Agri-Growth Research; CCA Training Manuals, by Ag. Career Consulting; and The North Dakota Fertilizer Handbook, Extension Bulletin EB-65.
(From Dave Franzen, Extension Soil Science Specialist, Chair, ND CCA Exam & Continuing Ed Committee)
Effective August 1, 1997, Animal Damage Control's name was changed to "Wildlife Services." The name Wildlife Services complements the program's mission of balancing the needs of humans and wildlife.
Wildlife Services employees are dedicated to safeguarding human health and safety, protecting agricultural and natural resources, threatened and endangered species, and property protection. Our new name reflects the diversity of these activities and accurately represents the wide range of wildlife-related services that our program provides.
Also please note that as of October 1, 1997 the State Wildlife Services Operations Office moved to 2110 Miriam Circle, Suite A, Bismarck, ND, 58501-2502 and is collocated with NWRC Great Plains Research Field Station. The phone number will remain the same.
Only the name and address have changed. We will continue to carry out the Federal responsibility for helping to manage problems that occur when human activity and wildlife conflict with each other.
(Submitted by: Louis E. Huffman, State Director, ND/SD WS)
On about the tenth try through this thank you I have realized just how rich each of you have made my experience here. I thank you for being part of my life and have appreciated the wonderful opportunity of working with you.
I would like to thank all of the NDSU and NDSU Extension Service administrators who have given me the freedom and support needed to run the NDSU Pesticide Program. My sincerest thanks to all of my mentors and colleagues who are the NDSU extension specialists and researchers that have helped me over the years. I treasure your friendship and the time we have had working together. Many, many thanks to the extension agents for conducting the pesticide training and certification program in their counties and for all of the wonderful suggestions. Many, many thanks to all of the wonderful people who worked printing, videotaping, producing, and distributing all of the information and training materials. Words cannot express my gratitude to my secretaries, the NDSU secretaries, my student workers and to all of the secretaries at the NDSU Extension Service county offices who did so much for so many people. My fondest thank you goes to Adolph and Martha Gross who have helped me for these many years and have made such a contribution of service to the State of North Dakota.
Thank you to the North Dakota Pesticide Control board for allowing me to serve you. It has been an opportunity for me to learn many valuable lessons.
Thank you to all of the people at the North Dakota Department of Agriculture who have helped me so much and who have been a real pleasure to work with. The commitment and effort that you put forth is true public service. Thank you to the North Dakota Aeronautics Commission, the North Dakota Secretary of State's office, the other State and Federal agencies.
I would like to thank Dr. John Impson and Dr. Dennis Kopp for their leadership. They have been a real pleasure to work with, and the way that they work allows great things to happen.
I would like to thank EPA for their support and assistance. All of the EPA Regional office in Denver have been very good to work with. Many of the Washington EPA staff have been good to work with also. Cathy Kronopolus and her staff have done well leading the C&T program. I wish them the best. Their job is very difficult.
Many, many thanks to my fellow pesticide coordinators from other states. Thanks for your help and suggestions. Thanks especially to those coordinators I have had so much fun working with. If you think this means you, you are right.
My special thanks to the North Dakota Agricultural Association. I have had a ball working with you these past several years. I have been pleased to see that the association has grown much and has become a leader. You have done much to position North Dakota Agriculture for the future.
My special thanks to the North Dakota Agricultural Aviation Association. Thank you for all your efforts to promote professionalism and responsibility. Thank you to Cindy Schreiber-Beck for the vast amount of time that she has spent trying to make North Dakota better for everyone.
My thanks to the North Central Turfgrass Association for your help in promoting professionalism and careful pesticide application in this important industry.
Thank you for all of your help and suggestions regarding reciprocal licensing requests.
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ND Pesticide Quarterly, Vol. 15, No. 4 -- October 1997
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