Papers & Presentations – 2016

16th Annual TPSA Conference
February 9-11, 2016, in Albuquerque, NM

WELCOME TO ALBUQUERQUE!
Welcome to Albuquerque and we hope you enjoy the 16th Annual Conference for The Pesticide Stewardship Alliance. TPSA consists of exceptional volunteers who make all this happen year after year and we want to thank everyone who has contributed to putting this program together. In addition, TPSA would not be able to host this conference without the assistance of all our sponsors. Please take time to visit with each of them and thank them for helping to make this possible.

There are two separate tracks which should allow everyone to find something of interest. Each track has exceptional topics and speakers so you won’t go wrong exploring other opportunities outside your area of expertise. Thank you for attending.

Mike Kamrath
TPSA President

Bob Magee
Conference Chair

Many Thanks to TPSA 2016 Gold Sponsors
$5,000 or more

KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Wednesday, February 10 – 8:00 a.m. – Cochiti-Taos Room
GMOs, Chemicals and Modern Agriculture:
If you try to ban the future, it will just happen somewhere else
Jon Entine
Entine is the founding director of the Genetic Literacy Project, a web‐based resource hub that examines genetics, ethics, media and public policy. He is also a Senior Fellow at the World Food Center Institute for Food and Agricultural Literacy at the University of California‐Davis, housing the joint GLP‐UC Davis project GENeS ‐ Genetic Expert News Service ‐ connecting journalists to scientists on breaking controversies.

2016 TPSA Conference Agenda

Featuring sessions on Pesticide Disposal, Container & Ag Plastics Recycling, Auxin Production Systems and Emerging Opportunities

Tuesday February 9, 2016
1:00 – 5:00 PM			Board Meeting Albuquerque Convention Center – Tesuque Room
2:00 – 6:00 PM			REGISTRATION IN ALBUQUERQUE CONVENTION CENTER – ATRIUM
5:30 – 7:30 PM			President’s Reception Exhibit Hall – Picuris, Sandia & Santa Ana Time with Exhibitors. Light food will be served.
7:30 PM			Dinner on own

Wednesday February 10, 2016
7:00 AM – 5:00 PM			REGISTRATION IN ALBUQUERQUE CONVENTION CENTER – ATRIUM
6:30 – 7:45 AM			Breakfast	Exhibit Hall – Picuris, Sandia & Santa Ana Visit with Exhibitors
8:00 – 10:00 AM			Welcome to Albuquerque: TPSA President Mike Kamrath Welcome to New Mexico: Jeff Witte, New Mexico Department of Agriculture Keynote Address: GMOs, Chemicals and Modern Agriculture: If you try to ban the future, it will just happen somewhere else. Jon Entine, Executive Director, Genetic Literacy Project and Senior Fellow, World Food Center, Institute for Food and Agricultural Literacy, University of California-Davis. Location: Cochiti -Taos
10:00 – 10:15 AM			BREAK	Exhibit Hall – Picuris, Sandia & Santa Ana Visit with Exhibitors
			Pesticide Disposal and Container & Ag Plastics Recycling Apache Room		Auxin Production Systems & Emerging Opportunities Tesuque Room
10:15 to 11:15 AM	Concurrent Session 1		Gas Cylinder Assessment & Management Training: Part One – Anatomy. Jeff Gold – Integrated Environmental Services Moderator: Derrick Bell North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services		Big Data. Adam Meek – SkyBitz Tank Monitoring Moderator: Bob Magee DuPont Crop Protection
11:15 AM to 12:15 PM	Concurrent Session 2		Gas Cylinder Assessment & Management Training: Part Two – Assessment Process. Jeff Gold – Integrated Environmental Services Moderator: Derrick Bell NCDA&CS		What Can We Do to Research and Teach Low Drift Practices? Dr. Tom Wolf – Agrimetrix Research & Training Moderator: Dr. Jason Deveau Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
12:15 – 1:45 PM			Annual Meeting Luncheon	Exhibit Hall – Picuris, Sandia & Santa Ana
1:45 to 2:00 PM		Move to Concurrent Sessions
2:00 to 3:00 PM		Concurrent Session 3	Gas Cylinder Assessment & Management Training: Part Three – Management Process. Jeff Gold – Integrated Environmental Services Moderator: Derrick Bell NCDA&CS		Calibrations of Sprayers and Training of Operators with their Sprayer. How Does it Affect the Pesticide Application Operations? Jan Langenakens – AAMS-Salvarani Moderator: Dr. Jason Deveau, OMAFRA
3:00 to 4:00 PM		Concurrent Session 4	Pesticide Disposal and Container Recycling Programs: Problems and Solutions from the Field. Derrick Bell – NCDA&CS Joe Hoffman – Washington State Department of Agriculture Jeffrey Rogers – Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Moderator: Kevin Neal Office of Indiana State Chemist		The Challenge of a Sprayer Manufacturer: Every Drop Hits the Right Spot. Rob Blijdorp – Agrifac Machinery B.V. Moderator: Dr. Jason Deveau OMAFRA
4:00 – 6:00 PM			Ice Cream Social	Exhibit Hall – Picuris, Sandia & Santa Ana Visit with Exhibitors
6:00 PM			Dinner on own
Thursday February 11, 2016
7:00 AM to NOON		REGISTRATION IN ALBUQUERQUE CONVENTION CENTER – ATRIUM
6:30 – 7:45 AM			Breakfast	Exhibit Hall – Picuris, Sandia & Santa Ana Visit with Exhibitors
			Pesticide Disposal and Container & Ag Plastics Recycling Apache Room		Auxin Production Systems & Emerging Opportunities Tesuque Room
8:00 to 9:00 AM		Concurrent Session 5	State Lead Agency (SLA) Pesticide Disposal Programs and Funding Solutions Found to Support State Programs. Jack Peterson – Arizona David Stengl – Illinois Don Renchie – Texas Irene King – New Mexico Charles Luper – Oklahoma Moderator: Kevin Neal Office of Indiana State Chemist		Drift Mitigating Adjuvants – How They Work. Ray Pigati – Winfield Moderator: Ed Crow Penn State Extension Pesticide Education Program
9:00 to 10:00 AM		Concurrent Session 6	Continuation of Session 5A. Moderator: Kevin Neal Office of Indiana State Chemist		Application Strategies for Herbicide Tolerant Crops…a new perspective on the application of crop protection products. Bob Wolf – Wolf Consulting & Research LLC Moderator: Ed Crow Penn State Extension Pesticide Education Program
10:00 – 10:30 AM			BREAK	Exhibit Hall – Pecuris, Sandia & Santa Ana Visit with Exhibitors
10:30 to 11:30 AM		Concurrent Session 7	Agricultural Plastics Management in Canada. Barry Friesen – CleanFarms Successes and Challenges Collecting and Managing “Non-ACRC” Ag Plastics Allen Jongsma – Agri-Plas, Inc. Agricultural Plastic Recycling – Developing a Program. Beverly Fermor – Waste Reduction Partners Moderator: Jeffrey Rogers, VDACS		Drift Control 2016: A Spray Odyssey. David Brackmann – TeeJet Technologies Moderator: Dr. Jason Deveau OMAFRA
11:30 AM to 12:30 PM		Concurrent Session 8	Review of State Regulations re: Open Burning of Pesticide Containers. Ron Perkins – ACRC EPA Study of Emissions from Burning Pesticide Containers. Nancy Fitz – US Environmental Protection Agency Barriers to Recycling, Hazards & Current Disposal Methods. Annie Macmillan – Vermont Agency of Agriculture Moderator: Jeffrey Rogers, VDACS		Use of Synthetic Growth Regulator Herbicides: A Continuing Concern with Wine and Juice Grape Vineyards and other Sensitive Crops. Dr. Vince Hebert – Washington State University and Gail Amos – Washington State Department of Agriculture Moderator: Dr. Jason Deveau OMAFRA
12:30 – 1:45 PM			Awards Luncheon	Exhibit Hall – Pecuris, Sandia & Santa Ana Awards & Visit with Exhibitors – Prize Drawing (DuPont)
1:45 to 2:00 PM			Move to Concurrent Sessions
2:00 to 3:00 PM		Concurrent Session 9	Illinois Collection Program for Intermediate Bulk Containers (IBCs). David Stengl – American Agronomic Stewardship Alliance Pesticide Packaging Recycling Rate Study. Ron Perkins – ACRC Moderator: Joe Hoffman, WSDA		Worker Protection Standard Training – Handler Training. Jennifer Thomasen – Bayer CropScience Worker Protection Standard Train-the-Trainer Program. Betsy Buffington – Iowa State University Moderator: Nancy Fitz, US EPA
3:00 PM – 3:30 PM			BREAK	Exhibit Hall – Pecuris, Sandia & Santa Ana Visit with Exhibitors
3:30 to 4:30 PM		Concurrent Session 10	How Clean Must an IBC be to be Acceptable for Recycling? Clint Shocklee – Tri-Rinse, Inc. State Pesticide Disposal Database on TPSA’s Web Site. Jay Mirsky – Mirsky Associates, and Kevin Neal – Office of the Indiana State Chemist Moderator: Joe Hoffman, WSDA		International Center for PPE for Pesticide Operators and Reentry Workers (ICPPE). Dr. Anugrah Shaw – University of Maryland Eastern Shore Spray Drift Language and Use Issues in America’s Forests. Bruce Alber – Wilbur Ellis, and Carol Black – Washington State University Moderator: Bob Magee, DuPont
4:30 to 5:30 PM		Concurrent Session 11	Q & A Forum: Opportunities for Participants & Presenters Moderator: Joe Hoffman, WSDA Looking Toward 2017: Future Topics and Opportunities Moderator: Joe Hoffman & Derrick Bell WSDA & NCDA		Worker Protection Standard: How do we get the word out? Moderated Panel Discussion with: Carol Black – Washington State University Betsy Buffington – Iowa State University Irene King – New Mexico Department of Agriculture Jack Peterson – Arizona Department of Agriculture Kristine Schaefer – Iowa State University Moderator: Nancy Fitz, US EPA
6:30 – 9:00 PM			Evening Reception and Off-Site Event		El Pinto Restaurant Enjoy an authentic Mexican dinner on the patio near a warm fire