The Georgia Cotton Commission reminds its growers about this year’s Using Pesticides Wisely trainings that will be held across the state.
Trainings will be held at specified locations and are not available individually or online. The trainings start on March 2 in Bartow County and continue through April 18 in Morgan and Franklin counties. Listed below are the dates and locations of each training:
- March 2, 1 p.m. Bartow County
- March 7, 9 a.m. Pulaski County
- March 7, 1:30 p.m. Tift County
- March 13, 1:30 p.m. Laurens County
- March 14, 9 a.m. Bulloch County
- March 15, 1:30 p.m. Taylor County
- March 16, 9 a.m. Pierce County
- March 17, 9 a.m. Colquitt County
- March 21, 9 a.m. Decatur County
- March 22, 9 a.m. Coffee County
- April 4, 9 a.m. Burke County
- April 4, 1:30 p.m. Emanuel County
- April 5, 1:30 p.m. Mitchell County
- April 6, 9 a.m. Terrell County
- April 6, 1:30 p.m. Lowndes County
- April 11, 9 a.m. Toombs County
- April 12, 1:30 p.m. Tift County
- April 14, 9 a.m. Sumter County
- April 18, 10 a.m. Morgan County
- April 18, 1:30 p.m. Franklin County
Any producer must possess a private or commercial pesticide applicator license to purchase and use the restricted use herbicides Engenia, XtendiMax and Tavium. Use is limited to only those persons holding a private or commercial applicator certification. Non-certified applicators can no longer apply these products under the direct supervision of the certified applicator.
The meetings will last approximately 1.5 hours. Attendee’s names will be placed on a list posted to the Georgia Department of Agriculture’s auxin website at https://agr.georgia.gov/dicamba.
RSVPs are required in some locations.