Pesticides

• 2022 Using Pesticide Wisely (UPW) Trainings in Colquitt County…

  March 8, 2022

  The Using Pesticides Wisely training will be offered at the Colquitt County Extension office on March 16 and March 31. The trainings will begin at 9:00 am. If you would like to attend this training, please call the Colquitt County Extension Office at (229) 616-7455. You can also register online here. For those of you…

  Posted in: Cotton, Pesticides, Weed Managment, Weed Resistance

• Chlorpyrifos (Lorsban) Revocation of Tolerances (Stormy Sparks)

  August 27, 2021

  Below is an article about the chlorpyrifos situation from Dr. Stormy Sparks… We have received many questions about Lorsban in the last week. EPA has provided a prepublication version of the final rule which will revoke all food tolerances. Some changes are possible, but not likely. Upon publication, all food tolerances for chlorpyrifos will be…

  Posted in: Pesticides, Vegetables

• NEWS: EPA is revoking all “tolerances” for chlorpyrifos on food crops

  August 21, 2021

  Below is information about the chlorpyrifos situation from the UGA Peach Blog. Aug 19, 2021 | Written by Blaauw As many of you may have already heard, the EPA has decided to ban the use of chlorpyrifos (e.g. Lorsban) for use in food production. While chlorpyrifos has been on the chopping block for many years, yesterday’s announcement came…

  Posted in: Pesticides