One-on-One Trainings, Using Pesticides Wisely, Buying Seeds or Herbicides, Cotton and Vegetable Circulars – Addressing Agent Questions (Culpepper)

One-on-One Trainings: 

Question: Can the one-on-one training replace the Using Pesticide Wisely Training? Answer: no, no and NO. One-on-one trainings are to compliment the Using Pesticides Wisely Training but cannot but used to replace it. If you do not attend the Using Pesticide Wisely training then you cannot legally be the person responsible for an application of 2,4-D or dicamba in tolerant crops (soybean or cotton).

For those of you that did not join in the mock one-on-one trainings, it was recorded. Scott Utley and Wade Parker have both sent the link out numerous times. Your efforts with the one-on-one trainings have the potential to be monumental and keep in mind you will collectively accomplish something that has never been done………….ever !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Using Pesticides Wisely: 

Question: What happens if I miss all of the Using Pesticides Wisely Trainings? 
Answer: You implement a sound alternative program without 2,4-D or dicamba in-season. By March of 2017, there will have been 36 meetings over 3 years, pretty sure several meetings have been close to each applicator or person responsible for the application. Additionally, well over 2000 people have now attended the training. Not sure what else needs to be said???

HELP!! In 2015 some growers registered under farm names. This is not a big deal at all but I need your help getting actual grower names for those farms. So if someone from your county registered as a farm name, please e-mail me the grower or growers names, pesticide license number, address, and their e-mail (if they have one). Again, this would have only happened for the 2015 list. We cannot give a Using Pesticide Wisely card to the farm, so please help us address this issue.

Buying Seeds or Herbicides: 

Question: If I don’t take the Using Pesticide Wisely training does that prevent me from buying any seed or herbicides? 
Answer: No, absolutely not. Restricting the purchase of any seed or herbicide may promote the use of older formulations of 2,4-D or dicamba which we do not want any part of. It really is simple, the training allows one to LEGALLY make an application of 2,4-D or dicamba in-season for tolerant crops. Labels making this clear can be found at the Department of Agriculture’s Using Pesticides Wisely Website: www.agr.georgia.gov/24c.aspx

2017 Cotton and Vegetable Circulars are uploaded to the UGA Weed Science Web-Page @ www.gaweed.com. All three cotton circulars as numerous vegetable circulars should be able to be printed as needed. Of course, as I travel the state, you are welcome to the ones I have already laminated.  FYI, Prostko also has his weed control recommendations listed for all of his crops on our web-site.

Dicamba-Tolerant Crop Updates (Prostko)

Lots of action this week for the new dicamba formulations that can be used on dicamba-tolerant cotton and soybean.  Here is some news:

Fexapan with Vapor Grip:  Dupont's dicamba-DGA formulation for use on tolerant crops received its federal approval.  State labels are soon to follow?

A copy of the EPA approval letter can be obtained here:
https://www3.epa.gov/pesticides/chem_search/ppls/000352-00913-20170207.pdf
  
For additional technical information about Fexapan:
http://www.dupont.com/products-and-services/crop-protection/soybean-protection/products/fexapan.html

Engenia (BASF):  Additional tank-mixtures (9 adjuvants) have been approved for use including the following: Induce, Astonish, Class Act Ridion, Contrast, Fastrate, Impetro, Intact Xtra, Jackhammer Elite, Kabak Plus.

Xtendimax with Vapor Grip (Monsanto): Additional nozzles (20 total) are now approved for use.  See below:

                                                                 Operating Pressure (PSI)

Manufacturer	Nozzle Type	10	20	30	40	50	60	70	80	90	100
Greenleaf Technologies	TADF-D11003		Min 20		Max 40
	TADF-D11006		Min 20			Max 50
	TDXL-D11003		Min 20		Max 40
	TDXL-D11004		Min 20			Max 50
	TDXL-D11005		Min 20				Max 60
	TDXL-D11006		Min 20				Max 60
Hypro	ULD12004		Min 20		Max 40
	ULD12005		Min 20		Max 40
Lechler	ID11003			Min 30	Max 40
	ID11004			Min 30	Max 40
	ID11005			Min 30	Max 40
	ID8004			Min 30	Max 40
TeeJet® Technologies	AI11003			Min 30	Max 40
	AI8003			Min 30	Max 40
	AI8005			Min 30	Max 40
	TTI11003		Min 20				Max 60
	TTI11004		Min 20				Max 63
	TTI11005		Min 20				Max 60
	TTI11006		Min 20			Max 50
Wilger	DR11010		Min 20		Max 40

2017 UGA Recommended Soybean Varieties (Freeman and Prostko)

The following is the current list of UGA recommended soybean varieties for 2017.  To make it on this list, a soybean variety must 1) perform, at least, at or above the 2-year average in yield across 6 Georgia locations (12-test average); 2) must not be susceptible to stem canker; and 3) other considerations include new herbicide tolerances or nematode resistances.  

I. Coastal Plain and Piedmont (Early Planted)
MG V ¨AGSouth AGS533LL* AGSouth AGS568RR* ¨AGSouth AGS5911LL* ¨Armor 53-R16* AR UA5213C* AR UA5612* ¨Bayer HBK LL4950* Dyna-Gro 39RY57* Dyna-Gro S56RY84* NK S52-Y2 Brand* §NK S58-Z4* Osage* Pioneer P54T94R* §Pioneer P56T12SR* ¨SS 5511NR2* ¨SS 5513NR2* §SS 5615NR2* ¨SS 5711NR2* Terral-REV 55R53* Terral-REV 56R63* Terral-REV 57R21* ¨US Seeds Halo 5:01* ¨US Seeds Halo 5:45*	MG VI ¨Asgrow AG6834 §Bayer CZ 6060 RY §Bayer CZ 6109 LL §Bayer CZ 6316 LL Croplan R2C6764 Dyna-Gro S65RY73 §Dyna-Gro S67RY25 §Meherrin SH 6515 LL ¨NK S67-R6 Brand §Pioneer P67T25R2 ¨SS 6713NR2 ¨SS 6810NR2	MG VII AGSouth AGS738RR AGSouth AGS757RR ¨AGSouth AGS787RR AGSouth AGS Woodruff Asgrow AG7535 GENRR2Y            ¨Asgrow AG7934 §Bayer CZ 7007 LL ¨Bayer CZ 7070RY ¨Croplan R2C7622 §Dyna-Gro S72RS36 Dyna-Gro S77RY85 ¨Dyna-Gro S74RY15 NK S74-M3 Brand §Pioneer P76T54R2 Santee §SS 7215NS R2 §USG 77J25RS ¨USG 77S40R2 ¨USG 77S63R	MG VIII AGSouth AGS828RR Motte
II.  Coastal Plain and Piedmont (Late Planted)
		MG VII AGSouth AGS738RR AGSouth AGS757RR ¨AGSouth AGS787RR AGSouth AGS Woodruff Asgrow AG7535 GENRR2Y            ¨Asgrow AG7934 §Bayer CZ 7007 LL ¨Bayer CZ 7070RY ¨Croplan R2C7622 §Dyna-Gro S72RS36 Dyna-Gro S77RY85 ¨Dyna-Gro S74RY15 NK S74-M3 Brand §Pioneer P76T54R2 Santee §SS SS 7215NS R2 §USG 77J25RS ¨USG 77S40R2 ¨USG 77S63R	MG VIII AGSouth AGS828RR Motte

III.  Limestone Valley (Early Planted)
MG V ¨AGSouth AGS533LL* AGSouth AGS568RR* ¨AGSouth AGS5911LL* ¨Armor 53-R16* AR UA5213C* AR UA5612* ¨Bayer HBK LL4950* Dyna-Gro 39RY57* Dyna-Gro S56RY84* NK S52-Y2 Brand* §NK S58-Z4* Osage* Pioneer P54T94R* §Pioneer P56T12SR* ¨SS 5511NR2* ¨SS 5513NR2* §SS 5615NR2* ¨SS 5711NR2* Terral-REV 55R53* Terral-REV 56R63* Terral-REV 57R21* ¨US Seeds Halo 5:01* ¨US Seeds Halo 5:45*	MG VI ¨Asgrow AG6834 §Bayer CZ 6060 RY §Bayer CZ 6109 LL §Bayer CZ 6316 LL Croplan R2C6764 Dyna-Gro S65RY73 §Dyna-Gro S67RY25 §Meherrin SH 6515 LL ¨NK S67-R6 Brand §Pioneer P67T25R2 ¨SS 6713NR2 ¨SS 6810NR2	MG VII AGSouth AGS738RR AGSouth AGS757RR ¨AGSouth AGS787RR AGSouth AGS Woodruff Asgrow AG7535 GENRR2Y            ¨Asgrow AG7934 §Bayer CZ 7007 LL ¨Bayer CZ 7070RY ¨Croplan R2C7622 §Dyna-Gro S72RS36 Dyna-Gro S77RY85 ¨Dyna-Gro S74RY15 NK S74-M3 Brand §Pioneer P76T54R2 Santee §SS 7215NS R2 §USG 77J25RS ¨USG 77S40R2 ¨USG 77S63R
IV.  Limestone Valley (Late Planted)
	MG VI ¨Asgrow AG6834 §Bayer CZ 6060 RY §Bayer CZ 6109 LL §Bayer CZ 6316 LL Croplan R2C6764 Dyna-Gro S65RY73 §Dyna-Gro S67RY25 §Meherrin SH 6515 LL ¨NK S67-R6 Brand §Pioneer P67T25R2 ¨SS 6713NR2 ¨SS 6810NR2	MG VII AGSouth AGS738RR AGSouth AGS757RR ¨AGSouth AGS787RR AGSouth AGS Woodruff Asgrow AG7535 GENRR2Y            ¨Asgrow AG7934 §Bayer CZ 7007 LL ¨Bayer CZ 7070RY ¨Croplan R2C7622 §Dyna-Gro S72RS36 Dyna-Gro S77RY85 ¨Dyna-Gro S74RY15 NK S74-M3 Brand §Pioneer P76T54R2 Santee §SS 7215NS R2 §USG 77J25RS ¨USG 77S40R2 ¨USG 77S63R

Footnotes:

*    -    Recommended only for highly productive, irrigated fields.

¨   -    To be dropped from recommended list in 2018.

§   -    New for 2017.

      

Using Pesticides Wisely (Stanley Culpepper and Tommy Gray)

 As new auxin technologies are being commercialized, our Using Pesticides Wisely efforts are also progressing rapidly. Comments below address several questions many agents have been asking.

1. Using Pesticides Wisely Classroom Training. The Georgia Department of Agriculture has developed a web-site for our Using Pesticides Wisely effort www.agr.georgia.gov/24c.aspx. Now, each of you or your clientele can visit the site to determine class participation. Of special note, growers who attended the training during 2015 plus everyone who attended during 2016 should be in the site. For agents, consultants, and dealers attending in 2015, those names are being added currently. For 2017, names from all trainings will be submitted simultaneously after the last training on March 14.

2. One-on-one training. Agents are definitely on the move with their own trainings in recent days.  We continue to believe this is the most important and impactful component in achieving our overall goal. Mock one-on-one trainings will occur on Feb 7 with Culpepper, Utley, and Parker as an agent training on zoom which should be archived for viewing at your convenience. However, we have been clear that you are king/queen of your county and you are strongly encouraged to follow the process that works best for you and your applicators. Our ultimate goal is to reach the applicator and help them make wise decisions.

3. Credit Hours. The Using Pesticides Wisely Classroom training is providing 3 hours of credit while the one-on-one training will provide 1 hour of credit; assuming each of you take proper documentation (it will take me time to get all these names into GDA so don’t make any promises on how fast it will occur). For those individuals without a pesticide license who attended the classroom training, they will still receive a status showing they attended the class on the website although there is no credit provided since they do not have a license.

A couple of interesting scenarios can happen making it look like one is not getting full credit hours for the classroom training. For example, if I have 1 hour of credit on my card when I take the classroom training then I can only get 2 additional hours before my card “resets”. A second example might be someone who takes the training just before the card expires and “resets” in which it may not show up on the new cycle.

The impact for our collective efforts over the past two years is visible throughout the state, without question. Please continue the aggressive nature of sharing valued unbiased research information with your clientele having the goal of helping them make wise decisions when applying all pesticides. Also, let’s encourage each individual to obtain a pesticide license to further improve their knowledge about pesticides which will improve the long-term sustainability of agriculture.