{"id":638,"date":"2020-01-22T13:50:28","date_gmt":"2020-01-22T18:50:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/threerivers\/?p=638"},"modified":"2020-01-23T10:01:55","modified_gmt":"2020-01-23T15:01:55","slug":"requirements-for-paraquat-usage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/threerivers\/2020\/01\/requirements-for-paraquat-usage\/","title":{"rendered":"Requirements for Paraquat Usage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many of you know that the label for Paraquat containing herbicides have changed and there are new requirements for people that mix, load and apply these herbicides. <!--more-->An example of the new label can be seen <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.syngenta-us.com\/current-label\/gramoxone_sl_2.0\">HERE<\/a><\/strong>, note the statement in the Restricted Use Pesticide Box.<\/p>\n<p>The new label state that the products may <strong>ONLY<\/strong> be mixed, loaded, or applied by certified applicator who has successfully completed the <a href=\"https:\/\/usparaquattraining.com\"><strong>paraquat-specific training<\/strong> <\/a>before use<\/p>\n<p>o Application &#8220;under the direct supervision&#8221; of a certified applicator is <strong>NO LONGER<\/strong> allowed<\/p>\n<p>o Training must be <strong>repeated every three years<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Another aspect of the new label is that paraquat products must be used in a closed system.\u00a0 250 gallon totes are consider closed systems.\u00a0 For users that still purchase 2.5 gallon jugs there will be attachments for containers and spray tanks creating a closed system and most certainly a headache for users.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions about these updates please contact your <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.uga.edu\/about\/personnel-directory\/browse.html?personnelFilter=county\">County Agent<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many of you know that the label for Paraquat containing herbicides have changed and there are new requirements for people that mix, load and apply these herbicides.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":122,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/threerivers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/threerivers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/threerivers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/threerivers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/122"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/threerivers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=638"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/threerivers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":641,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/threerivers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638\/revisions\/641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/threerivers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/threerivers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/threerivers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}