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include pest identification, proper
use of specific chemicals and in
tegrated pest management
techniques.
For the 1987 license year, ap
plicators will need two credits in
Core subjects and two in Category
subjects. Since each credit equals
30 minutes, the applicator can
qualify with one hour of instruction
in each area.
For the 1988 license year, four
credits in each area will be
required, and applicators whose
licenses expire in 1989 will need six
credits in each area. Anderson said
that all new permit expiration
dates will be Mar. 31, to give ap
plicants the opportunity to take full
advantage of qualifying meetings
commonly held in the winter
months.
From now until 1990, a grace
period will be granted to ap
plicants from the time their license
expires until the following Mar. 31,
Anderson said. The grace period,
however, is designed only to allow
applicants to accumulate update
credits. An applicator may not
purchase restricted-use pesticides
between the time his permit ex
pires and the time he becomes
recertified.
The Department of Agriculture
will issue yearly statements ap
prising applicators of their credit
status.
Commercial Applicators
Commercial applicators will
also be subject to a host of new
regulations, said Anderson. For
the first time, they will be required
to purchase a business license for
$25. Proof of financial respon
sibility, commonly in the form of
insurance, must also be presented.
The commercial written
examination will consist of a
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standard core exam for all ap
plicants at a cost of $5O. Applicants
will also be required to take one or
more of the 19 available category
specific exams, depending on what
pesticides they will be using. Each
category exam costs $lO.
The annual license renewal fee
for commercial applicators will
remain at $3O.
The Act also stipulates that all
commercial crews must work
under the direct supervision of a
certified applicator, although the
latter does not have to be present if
a “Certified Application
Technician” is on the premises. A
new classification specifically
created by the Act, the technician
will be required to complete 30
days of training administered by a
certified applicator.
One new regulation that has
commercial applicators scrat
ching their heads will require them
to notify all contiguous landowners
before applying restricted-use
pesticides on a property. As yet,
PDA has not clarified the
necessary steps to comply with the
statute. With the help of the State
Pesticide Advisory Board, the
Department is currently working
on this, as well as other unfinished
Pesticide Act business, and the
regulations will be released for
public comment or hearings prior
to enactment, according to a
department spokesman.
Many agronomists agree that, as
pesticide restrictions tighten, a
private applicators license will
become a necessity for farmers
who hope to exercise effective
control over weeds and insects in
their crops. Last year alone, eight
granular insecticides, along with
several wood preservatives and
the popular herbicide Bladex were
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changed from general-use to
restricted-use status.
New Soybean Herbicides
At the same time that licensing
regulations are being overhauled
and labels are changing, changes
are rapidly taking place in product
development, according to John
Yocum, senior research associate
at Penn State’s Southeast
Research Farm near Landisville.
Yocum told Tuesday’s crowd
that soybean growers will have a
number of new herbicide options
for the coming season. The new
products, including Command,
Classic, Scepter and Gemini, will
be more expensive than other
products already labeled for
soybeans, but they may prove
valuable should special problems
arise, Yocum said.
Yocum told farmers to pay
particular attention to wind drift
when applying Command close to
neighboring farms and develop
ments, since the new herbicide
turns nontarget vegetation white.
Despite this drawback, the her
bicide is particularly effective in
controlling shattercane, annual
grasses and velvetleaf. It’s
probably the best material I’ve
ever seen on velvetleaf,” Yocum
said.
Classic works well on the big
seeded broadleaf weeds, such as
cocklebur and velvetleaf, said the
agronomist, and when used
preplant incorporated, Scepter is
effective on velvetleaf, cocklebur,
shattercane and bur cucumber.
Gemini should be effective in
controlling the big-seeded
broadleafs, as well, Yocum pointed
out. “It looks like it’s going to do a
real good job in no-tillage,” he
predicted.
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