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Upcoming plebiscites on service charge model

Two commissions are holding plebiscites this fall, to determine their service charge model. The plebiscites will gauge the perspective of beef producers and potato growers on whether the service charge model should be refundable or non-refundable. Today we hear details on the plebiscite for the Potato Growers of Alberta. We’re joined on the line by Norine Moore, chair of the Alberta Agricultural Products Marketing Council. Norine, first off, is this plebiscite binding?


Interview with Norine Moore (3:29 minutes) (1.59 Mb)


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Adapting to ESA: Bulletins Live! Two

Video: Adapting to ESA: Bulletins Live! Two


In part 2 of CropLife America’s “Adapting to ESA” instructional video series, learn how to determine location-specific restrictions using Bulletins Live! Two (BLT). Dr. Stanley Culpepper, a leading weed science specialist with the University of Georgia Cooperative Extension, provides a walkthrough of the tool.

Follow along with BLT, linked here: https://www.epa.gov/endangered-specie...

The video series is part of a new set of educational tools released by CropLife America (CLA), in partnership with the Agricultural Retailers Association (ARA) and the Council of Producers and Distributors of Agrotechnology (CPDA), to help farmers, agricultural retailers, and pesticide applicators better understand the Endangered Species Act (ESA).