If you missed the Annual Tree & Vine Expo, Marline Azevedo with the Stanislaus County Ag Commissioner’s office provided an update on changes in laws and regulations for growers moving into 2018. Watch her brief interview as she describes two key changes in Chlorpyrifos permit conditions & pesticide use around school sites.
Tag: Laws & Regs
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Spray Safe – Wednesday January 17th, 2018
Yuba City, Calif., (January 11, 2018) – Make sure to not miss the free event happening on Wednesday January 17th at the Yuba-Sutter County Fairgrounds. 3.05 CE hours pending: 1.3 Laws & Regs; 1.75 other & 4 CE hours for CCA. To register for this free event call Yuba-Sutter Farm Bureau at 530-673-6550.
Here is the agenda:
8:30 AM – Registration – Coffee & Donuts
ENGLISH9:00 AM – Matt Bozzo, Spray Safe Committee Chair “Welcome”
9:10 AM – Brian Leahy, Department of Pesticide Regulation Director – “Pesticide Safety and Safety Around Schools”
9:40 AM – Hillary Miller, Butte-Yuba-Sutter Water Quality Coalition – “Update from Butte-Yuba-Sutter Water Quality Coalition”
9:50 AM – Franz Niederholzer and Sarah Light, UCCE Farm Advisors – “Water Quality Protection through orchard floor management and Orchard Spray Drift Management”
10:20 AM – Imelda Muzio, Manager, MVP Safety Professionals LLC – “OSHA Requirements for a Hazard Communication Program – Written Program, Safety Data Sheets, Labeling and Training”
DEMONSTRATION ROTATIONS – (TRANSLATION INCLUDED FOR SPANISH GROUP)
30 minutes – Station #1: John Shalowitz, Sutter County Fire Chief, Sutter County Emergency Medical Services – “Pesticide Incident Triage”
20 minutes – Station #2: Franz Niederholzer, UCCE Orchard Systems Farm Advisor – “Saving Money & Time While Reducing Spray Drift”
20 minutes – Station #3: Sean Nelson, Sutter Co. Ag Biologist & Molly Mathews, Yuba Co. Ag Weights & Measurers – “Employee Safety from the Ag Department Perspective”
20 minutes – Station #4: Imelda Muzio, MVP Consolidated, LLC – “New Fieldworker Requirements & Personal Protective Equipment”
20 minutes – Station #5: Lyunn Wunderlich, UCCE – “Calibration Basics”
1:00 PM – LUNCH – Sponsored by Beach Hut Deli, Yuba CitySPANISH – Fidel Perez, CDPR Environmental Scientist and Franz Niederholzer, UCCE Orchard Systems Farm Advisor – “Worker Safety and Heat Illness Protection & Orchard Spray Drift Management and Water Quality Protection
Hope to see you there.
Contacts: Yuba-Sutter Farm Bureau ¨ 475 N. Palora Avenue, Suite A, Yuba City, CA 95991 ¨ (530) 673-6550 ¨ Fax (530) 671-5836 Email: ysfb@ysfarmbureau.com ¨ Website: www.ysfarmbureau.com