{"id":71265,"date":"2016-07-26T10:35:49","date_gmt":"2016-07-26T14:35:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=71265"},"modified":"2016-07-25T21:40:08","modified_gmt":"2016-07-26T01:40:08","slug":"learn-new-federal-worker-protection-standard-requirements-at-august-9-training-at-empire-farm-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=71265","title":{"rendered":"Learn New Federal Worker Protection Standard Requirements at August 9 Training at Empire Farm Days"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"web-logo\"<\/a>The New York State Agri-business Association and Northeast Region Certified Crop Advisers are sponsoring a one-hour training on the new federal Worker Protection Standard requirements for ag chemical handling at the 2016 Empire Farm Days.<\/p>\n

The workshop will take place at 1 pm<\/span><\/span> on Tuesday, Aug. 9,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in the Welcome Center at the 300-acre show hosted by Rodman Lott and Son Farms, 2973 Route 414, in Seneca Falls.<\/p>\n

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Pesticide Control Specialist Christopher Wainwright of NYSDEC Region 8 will conduct the training focused on the new federal requirements and implementation schedule for the Worker Protection Standard. As time allows, a discussion may also address common pesticide-related violations on farms.<\/p>\n

Anyone may attend the program; NYS DEC application credit in areas 1a or 21 will be available to accredited applicators who sign in, have a DEC ID card, and sign out on completion. The training is also worth 1 Certified Crop Adviser CEU Pest Management credit.<\/p>\n

The New York State Agri-business Association is a not-for-profit association representing the feed, seed, bioenergy, equipment and agronomy industries in New York with the mission of promoting scientifically-sound agronomic practices. The Northeast Region Certified Crop Advisers is a voluntary certification program by the Agronomy Society of America.<\/p>\n

Experience Empire is the theme of the 2016 Empire Farm Days. The event features field demonstrations and equipment exhibits; live animals; crops, livestock, soil health and Dairy Profit seminars; exhibits on rural life, antique tractors, and farm safety; and the latest agricultural technology. Show hours are 9 am to 5 pm<\/span><\/span>on Tuesday, August 9 and Wednesday, August 10<\/span><\/span>, and 9 am to 4 pm<\/span><\/span> on Thursday, August 11<\/span><\/span>. Parking is $10 per vehicle. Learn more at empirefarmdays.com<\/a> or call 877-697-7837<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The New York State Agri-business Association and Northeast Region Certified Crop Advisers are sponsoring a one-hour training on the new federal Worker Protection Standard requirements for ag chemical handling at the 2016 Empire Farm Days. The workshop will take place at 1 pm on Tuesday, Aug. 9,\u00a0in the Welcome Center at the 300-acre show hosted […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":71268,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[23679,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-agfarming","category-top-story"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p43meu-ixr","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/web-logo.png?fit=285%2C90&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=71265"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71265\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/71268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=71265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=71265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=71265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}