Section 18 Permits have been submitted for Kerb, Avaunt, and Actara on Massachusetts cranberry bogs for the 2004 season. Permission to use Kerb on bogs in Rhode Island has also been requested. The petitions have left MDAR, but we have not yet heard form EPA.

THE FOLLOWING WILL ONLY APPLY IF THE SECTION 18 IS GRANTED.

All growers who wish to use Kerb during the 2003 field season must obtain the following paperwork PRIOR to using either herbicide:

2003 product label for Kerb.
Grower reporting form (GRF) issued by the MA Dept of Food and Ag.
If you have pesticide on-site that was purchased in a previous season, you may use it on your bog during the 2003 field season. However, YOU MUST STILL OBTAIN THE PAPERWORK NOTED ABOVE prior to using the pesticide this year.

The paperwork will be available from:

your local ag suppliers (e.g., DeCran, RASP, RF Morse)
the DFA-Pesticide Bureau in Boston (contact Steve Antunes-Kenyon at 617-626-1784, address below)
the Cranberry Station

It is critical that you fill out and return the Grower Reporting Form to MA-DFA by the appropriate deadline.

Details on Kerb Use in 2003

Kerb is to be used as a preemergence herbicide to control dodder. It can be used as a broadcast application either through the irrigation system or through a boom-type sprayer applicator. Kerb cannot be applied by air. Application should be followed by approximately 0.1 inches of water to remove any remaining herbicide from the cranberry foliage and to incorporate the herbicide into the top surface layer (where the dodder seeds are) of the soil. Do not run water any longer than necessary!

Two applications are permitted. Use 1-2 lb/A product not to exceed 2 lb/A total product per season as a result of a single or split application. Application should be made after the winter flood has been withdrawn and prior to dodder emergence.

This permit expires JUNE 15, 2003.

DFA Grower Reporting Forms are due by September 30, 2003.

Grower reporting forms are still due!! Please still send them in if you haven't done so already.

Mail DFA Grower Reporting Forms to:

Steve Antunes-Kenyon
MA-DFA Pesticide Bureau
251 Causeway Street, Suite 500
Boston, MA 02114-2151
617.626.1784