{"id":2496,"date":"2026-02-25T15:17:46","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T20:17:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/tiftcoag\/?p=2496"},"modified":"2026-02-25T15:17:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T20:17:47","slug":"upw-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/tiftcoag\/2026\/02\/upw-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"UPW 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Here is the information for the 2026 Using Pesticides Wisely (UPW) Trainings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>As mandated by federal law, all applicators must hold a private or commercial pesticide applicator license to purchase and apply the restricted-use herbicides Engenia, Stryax, and Tavium.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Before applying these products in Georgia in 2026, applicators must complete the state-specific 2026 UPW classroom training at one of the locations listed below. Online training WILL NOT be available.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>There will be no makeups.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Those who need pesticide credits but are not applying Engenia, Stryax, or Tavium are welcome to attend.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bring your pesticide license; 2 hours of pesticide credit will be provided for private or commercial.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The meeting will last about 1.5 hours; NO beverages or meals will be provided.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Attendees\u2019 names will be posted on a list on the Georgia Department of Agriculture\u2019s auxin website at<a href=\"https:\/\/agr.georgia.gov\/dicamba\"> https:\/\/agr.georgia.gov\/dicamba<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>You can attend any of the trainings, but please RSVP to the number at the hosting location. Tift County will host a training on March 23rd at 9:00 am at the Tifton Campus Conference Center (RDC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"791\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/tiftcoag\/files\/2026\/02\/UPW-2026-Training-Location-Flyer-2026-Final-791x1024.png\" alt=\"Using Pesticides Wisely Flyer\" class=\"wp-image-2497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/tiftcoag\/files\/2026\/02\/UPW-2026-Training-Location-Flyer-2026-Final-791x1024.png 791w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/tiftcoag\/files\/2026\/02\/UPW-2026-Training-Location-Flyer-2026-Final-232x300.png 232w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/tiftcoag\/files\/2026\/02\/UPW-2026-Training-Location-Flyer-2026-Final-768x994.png 768w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/tiftcoag\/files\/2026\/02\/UPW-2026-Training-Location-Flyer-2026-Final.png 816w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 791px) 100vw, 791px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is the information for the 2026 Using Pesticides Wisely (UPW) Trainings. You can attend any of the trainings, but please RSVP to the number at the hosting location. Tift County will host a training on March 23rd at 9:00 am at the Tifton Campus Conference Center (RDC).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":277,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/tiftcoag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/tiftcoag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/tiftcoag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/tiftcoag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/277"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/tiftcoag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2496"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/tiftcoag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2496\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2498,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/tiftcoag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2496\/revisions\/2498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/tiftcoag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/tiftcoag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/tiftcoag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}