The Virginia Tech Tidewater Agricultural Research and Extension Center will be hosting their annual ‘Early Summer Row Crops Tour: Insects, Diseases, and Agronomics’ on Thursday, June 2, 2011. The tour will begin at 9:00 am at the Tidewater AREC Research Farm (1045 Hare Road, Suffolk, VA) and lunch will be provided, courtesy of Berry Lewis with Bayer CropScience. Further details will follow. If you are interested in an equipment, company or agency display, please contact Ames Herbert (herbert@vt.edu) as soon as possible. If you are a person with a disability and desire any assistive devices, services or other accommodations to participate in this activity, please contact the Tidewater Agricultural Research and Extension Center at 757-657-6450 (TDD number is 800-828-1120) during business hours of 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. to discuss accommodations five days prior to the event.
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Apology on email issue
Section 18 for Avipel use in Virginia – down but not out
Greetings,
In an email I received yesterday from Micah Raub at VDACS, he said the Section 18 for use of Avipel in Virginia was returned for lack of sufficient economic justification. One of the benchmarks for EPA approval is documentation of 20% loss, which we don’t have. However, in lieu of that, grower testimonials for 2010, as many as possible, will go a long way in swaying the argument. So, I need you to fax me (540-231-9131) ASAP your full name and address including County where bird-damaged field(s) was located; field size (ac); unit cost/bag; full name of seed used; row spacing; plant population density (i.e., # seeds planted/ac); and finally, and most important — out of a ?? acre field, the number of acres that were replanted? For example, 3 of 10 ac were replanted 2 times or 10 of 10 acres were replanted 1 time, etc.. NOTE: If you don’t have all the data I’m requesting, provide what you can, and estimate to the best of your ability the rest. Remember, some data is better than no data at all.
Also, if you sustained bird losses to corn in 2010, but did not replant, please send the number of acres/field, acres damaged/field, and estimates such as what it would have cost to replant and/or yield loss costs associated with the bird-damaged acres.
The sooner I receive this information, the sooner I can send it off to Micah Raubb, who will quickly review it, and then forward on to EPA. So I encourage you to do your part in this important matter.
Thank you,
Rod
Avipel Section 18 for Virginia -not yet
You may have heard about the Section 18 I sent to VDACS last Dec. on Avipel; a humane bird repellant product for corn. This announcement will bring you up-to-date on where this Section 18 currently stands. If approved by EPA, Avipel will NOT be registered as a restricted use product. It can be used on field corn as well as sweet corn, and the graphite and liquid slurry formulations are grower applied.
The Section 18 document was sent off to VDACS in Dec. 2010. After all the separate committees gave their approval, it passed through VDACS, and is in EPA’s hands. The bird injury data and detailed data of crop loss and costs associated with replanting from one grower were very useful. In addition, Scott Reiter requested 2010 bird damage numbers from all ANR agents, which also proved useful. This data along with the grower’s data helped me build a case for the Section 18.
Micah Raub at VDACS, with whom I was working closely, sent an earlier draft to EPA. According to Micah, there were only a few minor items that needed tightening up, which we were able to resolve over a phone conversation. EPA knows the time-sensitive nature of this request and hopefully, VDACS and I will hear something before the end of February. Mr. Ken Ballinger (Arkion LLC company rep. for Avipel, and my contact: 610-506-3117), says as soon as they hear positive news from EPA they are poised to get labelled stocks of Avipel to distributors in time for spring planting – at least that is the hope. Distributors are encouraged to take orders for Avipel; however, Arkion will not ship product until EPA okays the use of this product.
As always, do not hesitate to contact me should have questions.
Rod
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R. R. Youngman
Professor and Extension Specialist
Department of Entomology
Virginia Tech
216A Price Hall, MC 0319
Blacksburg, VA 24061
email: youngman@vt.edu
cell: 540-357-2558
Office: 540-231-9118
FAX: 540-231-9131
Tour Announcement–Tidewater AREC Late-Season Field Crops Tour–Sept. 14, 2010 @ 2 pm
We will be hosting the “2010 Late-Season Field Crops Tour” at the Virginia Tech Tidewater Agricultural Research and Extension Center on Tuesday, September 14, 2010. Registration begins at 1:30 pm at the RESEARCH FARM (1045 Hare Road, Suffolk, VA); the tour will start at 2:00 pm. Pre-registration is required for the tour/dinner (please see the attachment for more details on pre-registration procedures and the planned topics). If you are a person with a disability and desire any assistive devices, services or other accommodations to participate in this activity, please contact the Tidewater Agricultural Research and Extension Center at 757-657-6450 (TDD number is 800-828-1120) during business hours of 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. to discuss accommodations five days prior to the event. Additional information: 2010-tour-notice-pdf
Reminder to visit the Virginia Ag Pest Advisory (http://www.sripmc.org/Virginia/) for important updates on the corn earworm survey, resistance monitoring, and insect activity
This is an update concerning the automatically generated email that notifies people of new posts to the Virginia Ag Pest Advisory. Although our “Friday morning” email did not work on July 30, 2010, it seems that our “Emergency Notification” option is working. We wish to thank Dr. Yulu Xia for his generous assistance working through this glitch. Remember, all advisories are available anytime at http://www.sripmc.org/Virginia/ (you may have to search the archives at the bottom of the website). Please see Dr. Herbert’s posts about the results of the corn earworm survey and resistance monitoring, and also Dr. Kuhar and my posts concerning insect activity this week. Thank you.
June 3 tour reminder
We will be hosting the annual “Early Summer Row Crops and Vegetables Tour: Insects, Diseases, and Agronomics” at the Virginia Tech Tidewater Agricultural Research and Extension Center in Suffolk, VA on Thursday, June 3, 2010. The tour will begin at 9:00 am at the Research Farm (1045 Hare Road) and lunch will be provided, courtesy of Berry Lewis with Bayer CropScience. Pesticide recertification credits will be available for Commercial Applicator Categories 1-A, 1-C, 10, and Registered Technician. Please see the attached brochure for more details. If you are a person with a disability and desire any assistive devices, services or other accommodations to participate in this activity, please contact the Tidewater Agricultural Research and Extension Center at 757-657-6450 (TDD number is 800-828-1120) during business hours of 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. to discuss accommodations five days prior to the event. Additional information: brochure-pdf
Early Summer Row Crops and Vegetables Tour–Tidewater AREC, Suffolk, VA
We will be hosting the annual “Early Summer Row Crops and Vegetables Tour: Insects, Diseases, and Agronomics” at the Virginia Tech Tidewater Agricultural Research and Extension Center in Suffolk, VA on Thursday, June 3, 2010. The tour will begin at 9:00 am at the Hare Road research farm and lunch will be provided, courtesy of Berry Lewis with Bayer CropScience. Please see the attached brochure for more details. If you are interested in an equipment, company or agency display, please contact us. If you are a person with a disability and desire any assistive devices, services or other accommodations to participate in this activity, please contact the Tidewater Agricultural Research and Extension Center at 757-657-6450 (TDD number is 800-828-1120) during business hours of 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. to discuss accommodations five days prior to the event. Additional information: jun3-brochure-pdf
Eastern Shore AREC Annual Field Day July 23rd
The Eastern Shore Agricultural Research and Extension Center’s Annual Summer Field Day is set for Thursday, July 23. This event is free and open to the public. Sub sandwiches from Little Italy will be served for lunch. Please note that this year the field day is in the morning. Attendees can obtain 2.5 Certified Crop Advisor continuing education credits (1.5 in integrated pest management, 0.5 in crop management, and 0.5 in nutrient management). Attached is the program.
Contact me if you have any questions.
Many thanks,
Mark
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Mark S. Reiter, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Nutrient & Soil Management
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Eastern Shore Agricultural Research and Extension Center
33446 Research Drive
Painter, VA 23420
(Phone) 757-414-0724 x 16
(Fax) 757-414-0730
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Additional information: 2009-esarec-field-day-program-doc
1st Annual Methyl Bromide Alternatives Field Day at the Eastern Shore AREC
1st Annual Methyl Bromide Alternatives Field Day at the Eastern Shore AREC
July 23rd, 2009 4-6 pm with dinner following
Fumigant and non-fumigant strategies will be discussed for the management of soil-borne diseases and weed pests in plasticulture production. Research plots containing alternative fumigants, new mulch technology, herbicide programs as wells as grafted plants will be on the field tour. A barbecue dinner will be served following the field tour. Please reply to Josh Freeman (joshfree@vt.edu) if you plan on attending so that we can accurately plan for dinner. If any questions arise, please contact Josh Freeman.
This field day is being supported by funds from the U.S.D.A Methyl Bromide Transitions Program
Eastern Shore Agricultural Research and Extension Center
33446 Research Drive
Painter, VA 23420