{"id":2210,"date":"2024-04-10T17:20:25","date_gmt":"2024-04-10T21:20:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/worthag\/?p=2210"},"modified":"2024-04-10T17:20:25","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T21:20:25","slug":"additional-paraquat-training-opportunities-for-online-and-or-group-viewing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/worthag\/2024\/04\/additional-paraquat-training-opportunities-for-online-and-or-group-viewing\/","title":{"rendered":"Additional Paraquat Training Opportunities for Online and\/or Group Viewing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">There are now more training opportunities available for paraquat applicators. This training is required every 3 years for applicators. The training provides important information about paraquat\u2019s toxicity, new label requirements and restrictions, and the consequences of misuse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">If an applicator needs the paraquat training, then there are several webinar and in-person opportunities this month.\u00a0<strong>Dr. Bart Clewis, Syngenta\u2019s Senior Stewardship Manager, will be presenting 8 free webinars in April and May. The dates and times of these webinars are listed below.<\/strong> Register by clicking on the <em>&#8220;Click here to register&#8221;<\/em> link below or scan the QR Code with your phone. <em><strong>(For information on in-person group viewing, scroll down for details).<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Only one registrant per online webinar login will receive credit for the individual registration, but one can select any training date that is convenient. Participants that complete the training will receive 1 hour of pesticide recertification credit for private and commercial applicators. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file aligncenter\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/worthag\/files\/2024\/04\/Paraquat-Training-Flyer_April-2024.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Paraquat-Training-Flyer_April-2024.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-4ed5214c-21f3-4d38-89d2-813b6e74d51a\" href=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/worthag\/files\/2024\/04\/Paraquat-Training-Flyer_April-2024.pdf\">Paraquat-Training-Flyer_April-2024<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/worthag\/files\/2024\/04\/Paraquat-Training-Flyer_April-2024.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-4ed5214c-21f3-4d38-89d2-813b6e74d51a\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-0acd2c23c5e0d0094af3db685a429771\">Worth County Extension is offering group viewing for any applicator or group of applicators that would rather view in a group setting. The county agent will verify those that attend the training for pesticide credits. The group viewing will be at the <strong>Margaret Jones Public Library at the Sumner Room (back bottom of the library)<\/strong> on the following dates and times:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-list wp-elements-596b8e48bf4b9c2eee9628439163e8e9\">\n<li>Thursday, April 11<sup>th<\/sup> from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tuesday, April 16<sup>th<\/sup> from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tuesday, April 30<sup>th<\/sup> from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-cbad7c496ae78ab310fb933c35de3c99\"><strong><em>If any applicator is interested in attending a group session, please contact the Worth County Extension Office at 229-776-8216 to let us know which training date.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-base-two-background-color has-background has-large-font-size\"><em><strong>If we can be of assistance at Worth County Extension, please let us know.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-base-two-background-color has-background has-normal-font-size\"><strong><em>University of Georgia is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action, Veteran, Disability Institution. If you need a reasonable accommodation or language access services, contact the Worth County Extension office at 229-776-8216 or <a href=\"mailto:uge4321@uga.edu\">uge4321@uga.edu<\/a>, at least three weeks prior to the program date.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are now more training opportunities available for paraquat applicators. This training is required every 3 years for applicators. The training provides important information about paraquat\u2019s toxicity, new label requirements and restrictions, and the consequences of misuse. If an applicator needs the paraquat training, then there are several webinar and in-person opportunities this month.\u00a0Dr. Bart [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":276,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pesticides","category-regulatory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/worthag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/worthag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/worthag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/worthag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/276"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/worthag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2210"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/worthag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2210\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2214,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/worthag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2210\/revisions\/2214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/worthag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/worthag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/worthag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}