by Daniel J. Leonard | Dec 8, 2023
If you need to take the exam to secure a restricted use pesticide applicator license, or just need CEUs for license renewal, make plans to attend the Private Applicator/Core Pesticide Applicator Training on Wednesday, December 13! The event will be hosted by UF/IFAS...
by external | Jan 28, 2022
Samantha Murray, UF/IFAS Communications In Florida, pesticide licensing exams help ensure the state’s approximately 70,000 pesticide applicators follow state regulations and best practices for mitigating the impact of chemicals on the environment. Historically, the...
by Ethan Carter | Apr 30, 2021
Dr. Glen Harris, UGA-Tifton, Extension Agronomist for Soils & Fertilizer, Dr. Mike Mulvaney, WFREC Jay, Cropping Systems Specialist UF, and Ethan Carter Regional Crop IPM Agent – – With the 2021 crop season upon us, many people have already spread...
by Molly Jameson | Mar 12, 2021
– Throughout the Panhandle and Big Bend Region of Florida, many residents struggle to access healthy foods. Of the 20 Florida counties with the most people living in poverty, more than half are in the Panhandle and Big Bend Region. Unfortunately, poverty leads...
by Pratap Devkota | Feb 12, 2021
– Pratap Devkota, Weed Scientist, UF/IFAS West Florida Research and Education Center, Jay, FL – On December 20, 2020, the US EPA issued new labels for herbicide products containing low volatility formulations of dicamba. So, there are new labels for...
by Ethan Carter | Jan 17, 2020
Over the last several years, many states across the Midwest and South have received extensive calls related to dicamba injury of sensitive crops from drift when it was used in over-the-top applications to fields of tolerant cotton and soybean. In 2018, the EPA called...
