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Category:
AB-Pest Management
Class:
All Classes and BC Dispenser
Credits:
1(AB,BC)
We have relied on synthetic chemical pesticides over the last 70 years. Public pressure and the development of resistance continues to put pressure on their use. Biopesticides are pest management agents based on living micro-organisms or natural products. They have proven potential for pest management and are being used around the world. Join Tim as he defines what biopesticides are, the three main categories and examples of different types of biopesticides. Biopesticides will fit very well into an IPM program. As we move forward with pesticides, biopesticides will take on a much larger role in the future.
Category:
AB,SK - Application Technology , BC - IPM , MB - Pest Management
Class:
All Classes and BC Dispenser
Credits:
1 (AB,SK,BC,MB,ON)
One of the enduring challenges in spraying is providing good canopy coverage for late season spraying of taller canopies, either for desiccation or fungicide. The use of double nozzles, boom height, water volumes, and travel speed are explored for improving pesticide performance. New double nozzle technologies available from a number of manufacturers are introduced and discussed.
Category:
AB,SK - Regulations, BC - Safety and Environment , MB - Regulations
Class:
All Classes and BC Dispenser
Credits:
1(AB,SK,BC,MB,ON)
Category:
AB,SK - Regulations, BC - Safety and Environment, MB - Regulations
Class:
All Classes and BC Dispenser
Credits:
1(AB,SK,BC,MB)
An overview of how a pesticide is taken from the lab to the market. Pesticide development is a long, expensive process and must jump many hurdles in order to make it to market. Join Tim Garner as he looks at the steps in developing a pesticide. Realize how the registration process ensures that the public, applicator and the environment are protected with the testing that is required.
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Drones or unmanned aerial vehicles are here and becoming more affordable all the time. Drones are now and in the future going to play a big role in IPM programs. Detecting weeds, insects and disease from the air with different kinds of technology using drones are becoming common place. Using drones for pictures, imaging and mapping will be part of an IPM program as well use for pesticide application with drones. From surveillance to analysis to application can all be done or coordinated with or from drones. Join Tim as he discusses drones and their impact in all forms of agriculture including golf courses, parks and farms.
Category:
Professionalism
Class:
All
Credits:
1(AB,BC,ON,SK,MB)
This presentation will provide information on the public’s knowledge and misinformation with respect to pesticides and pesticide use in Canada as determined by ongoing surveys conducted by Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency. Knowing the key areas where the public may lack key information or have misinformation can help applicators anticipate questions or concerns and be prepared to have effective discussions. Information on the benefits of pesticide use in specific applicator classes and answers to concerns the public may have regarding pesticide use will be discussed. In addition, approaches to starting and maintaining effective conversations will also be discussed.
Category:
AB,SK - Environment, BC - Safety and Environment, MB - Regulations
Class:
All Classes and BC Dispenser
Credits:
1(AB,SK,BC,MB)
The Department of Environment has monitored the occurrence of pesticides in surface water and drinking water for a number of years at many sites throughout Alberta. This presentation discusses the results of this monitoring and the implications this has on the quality of the water in Alberta. In addition, limited monitoring on pesticide residues in rainwater and air are discussed.
Category:
AB-Environment,
ON - IPM
Class:
Aerial, Agriculture, Landscape, Industrial, Forestry, Greenhouse, Aquatic
Credits:
1(AB,BC,ON)
This webinar discusses herbicide characteristics, soil types and environmental conditions that affect the leaching of herbicides. It focuses on herbicide solubility, persistence and adsorption and how these factors influence the leaching of herbicides. In addition, herbicide toxicity in water is discussed and its impact on aquatic life, terrestrial plants and human and animals.
Category:
AB, SK - Health and Safety, BC - Safety and environment
Class:
All Classes and BC Dispenser
Credits:
1 (AB,SK,BC)
Many pesticide applicators spend longs days and many days in a row combatting pests. With our short growing season in many parts of Canada it forces applicators to work hard, long and fast. Join Tim as he discusses the facts, causes, consequences, effects and signs of fatigue. Also will be discussed how to get a better sleep and what employers and employees can do to reduce fatigue and therefore reduce mistakes and accidents
Category:
Application Technology
Class:
Aerial, Agriculture, Forestry, Industrial, Landscape
Credits:
1 (AB,BC,SK)
This session is not meant to make you climatologists or TV forecasters.
This session is meant to help you understand the drivers of air movement (applied at the work location) and to anticipate when that air movement may help you or hinder you in your efforts to get your treatment product through the air to your treatment target.
Successful completion of this session, it will make your job easier and improve the percentage of product that makes it to the target. It will also reinforce your awareness of how critical this is to our industry.