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[ocba] Fwd: Program to Improve Communication among Farmers, Beekeepers, & Pesticide Applicators
- From: Lucy Wilson <lucy.wilson AT gmail.com>
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- Subject: [ocba] Fwd: Program to Improve Communication among Farmers, Beekeepers, & Pesticide Applicators
- Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2016 13:38:33 -0400
From: Debbie Roos <debbie.roos AT chathamnc.org>
The N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services has joined 13 other states in partnering with FieldWatch, an online mapping service to help prevent crop damage and bee deaths due to accidental/unintended pesticide drift. Producers of horticultural and organic crops can map their field location using the DriftWatch program. As a companion program, BeeCheck will allow hive owners to map the locations of beehives. Pesticide applicators can access both databases before treating a field to identify sensitive sites that are close to the spray areas.
Read all about it on Chatham County Cooperative Extension’s Growing Small Farms website at http://go.ncsu.edu/fieldwatch
Debbie
Debbie Roos
Agricultural Extension Agent
Chatham County Center
North Carolina Cooperative Extension
919.542.8202
debbie_roos AT ncsu.edu
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- [ocba] Fwd: Program to Improve Communication among Farmers, Beekeepers, & Pesticide Applicators, Lucy Wilson, 04/05/2016
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