The floriculture team at Michigan State University Extension will be offer a virtual greenhouse risk direction webinar for greenhouse and baby’s room growers on Feb. 19 , 2024 , from 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. The meeting will cover ways to deoxidise risk to your business by assure your craw against death orders and ply safety tips for your employees .
The course of study spotlight the long - expect pilot broadcast for contain environment crop insurance policy from the United States Department of Agriculture ( USDA ) Risk Management Agency . This pilot program has been 20 years in the qualification . Some greenhouse agriculturalist recall the irruption of Ralstonia solanacearum subspecies 3 biovar 2 ( a highly - shape bacterial pathogen ) that occurred in the former 2000s . In the example of a highly determine pathogen , the USDA Plant Health can cut destruction order for your crop . It caused significant financial release for greenhouse business 20 class ago . The event triggered the formation of the Michigan Greenhouse Growers Council ( MGGC ) to seek to uprise indemnity insurance for nursery growers . MGGC has been working along with other association representing other green industries to get this program developed for growers . While the program will continue to be refined , it comes as a long - awaited stride toward the future .
The webinar will also supply tips for employee working in the greenhouse industry . glasshouse work can involve dangerous tasks , including climb on roof to replace nursery plastic , hang baskets overhead , repeal heavy target , repetitive movements , bending , and wet floors . Ed Parsons with MSU Occupational Health will cover the most plebeian injuries in greenhouse and nursery work and what to do to prevent injuries .
Webinar agenda10 - 11 a.m. : Controlled Environment – Managing Destruction Order Risk with USDA Crop Insurance , Phillip Preston and Brandon Walters , GreenStone Farm Credit Services
For the first prison term , the USDA Risk Management Agency is offer a ensure environment crop insurance policy programme , which offers insurance for demolition orders for plant diseases and contamination introduce from the environment , even though all biosecurity protocols were accompany . Phillip Preston and Brandon Walters from Greenstone Farm Credit Services will explain the new pilot platform , square up if you qualify to participate , and identify barriers to coverage . While the deadline for the 2024 harvest year was Dec. 1 , 2023 , the insurance can still be fasten , and the amount will be pro - rated for the come spring season .
11 a.m.-12 p.m. : Safety First : Preventing on - the - job Injuries and Deaths to Greenhouse and Nursery Workers , Ed Parsons , MSU Occupational Health
Agriculture is one of the five most dangerous industries in Michigan to act in . However , everyone deserve to come home safely from workplace . This presentation will focus on greenhouse and nursery workers . Highlighting the most vulgar type of on - the - job injuries , the job hazards that extend to injuries , and what to do to preclude injuries .
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