CapitalPress.com
November 13, 2015
CORE, forklift training highlight seminars
By GEOFF PARKS
For the Capital Press
Paul Jepson
Oregon State Universi-
ty’s Paul Jepson will lecture
on the principles of Inte-
grated Pest Management
Tuesday and Thursday at
the Willamette Valley Ag
Expo as part of the Pes-
ticide Applicator CORE
“For those pests managed effectively by IPM,
the goal is to reduce pest pressure over time.”
Paul Jepson, director of Oregon State University’s
Integrated Plant Protection Center
training classes.
The CORE training
classes — each worth four
WVAG15-2/#7
credit-hours and which re-
quire no advance registra-
tion — will be held from
10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Tues-
day, Nov. 17, and again on
Thursday, Nov. 19.
Jepson,
director
of
OSU’s Integrated Plant Pro-
tection Center, will speak
on the Principles of IPM
and the Role of Pesticides
from 10 a.m. to noon both
days.
Linda White, pesticide
user certification and li-
censing specialist with the
Oregon Department of Ag-
riculture, will give ODA
updates from 1 to 2 p.m.
both days.
Michael Odenthal of the
ODA will present a talk
titled, “Lessons Learned
2015” on both days from 2
to 3 p.m.
“IPM can be designed
using a step-by-step pro-
Courtesy of Overton Safety Training
cess that first identifies A forklift operator safety training class will again be offered by
priority
pests,
diseas- Overton Safety Training at the Willamette Valley Ag Expo.
es and weeds for IPM in
your farm, nursery, park
or garden,” Jepson said. effectively by IPM, the goal cide product labels.
“For those pests managed is to reduce pest pressure
Odenthal will discuss
over time.”
agriculture and forestry
He will review pesti- enforcement cases and les-
cides currently registered sons to be learned from
in Oregon, their
them, with a
efficacy against See a complete special
em-
target
pests,
phasis on drift
list of events cases and coex-
possible side ef-
on Page 9
fects to human
istence among
health and ways
farmers.
in which those
Also on tap
side effects can
this year will be
be mitigated or eliminated. forklift operator training,
White’s class will make courtesy of Overton Safety
pesticide users aware of training.
changes in Oregon laws,
The class, which will
rules and regulations relat- be Wednesday, includes
ing to pesticides and pesti- written and driving re-
cide use.
quirements. Class size is
Also to be discussed will limited. Advance registra-
be licensing changes and tion is required online at
upcoming changes to pesti- www.wvaexpo.com.
WVAG15-7/#7
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