The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced new, two-year registrations to allow for dicamba products for over-the-top (OTT) use in dicamba-tolerant cotton and soybeans. However, these registrations include new label restrictions that producers must be aware of before using in order to be effective stewards of this technology.
The Georgia Department of Agriculture and University of Georgia Extension has announced the Using Pesticides Wisely (UPW) Training dates and locations for 2026. The Georgia Cotton Commission emphasizes that producers attend a UPW course to continue Georgia’s reputation on pesticide stewardship. For more information, contact your local UGA Extension office.
UPW Training Locations
March 4, 9:00 AM – Decatur County
Kirbo Center, 2500 East Shotwell Street, Bainbridge, GA 39819
March 4, 1:30 PM – Colquitt County
Colquitt County Extension Office, 350 Veterans Parkway N, Moultrie, GA 31788
March 5, 1:30 PM – Pulaski County
Pulaski County Recreation Department, 153 Lower River Road, Hawkinsville, GA 31036
March 6, 9:00 AM – Worth County
Worth County Ag Pavilion, 102 Rebecca Drive Sylvester, GA 31791
March 6, 1:30 PM – Taylor County
Flint Energies, 3 South Macon Street, Reynolds, GA 31706
March 11, 1:00 PM – Bartow County
Bartow County Extension Office, 320 West Cherokee Avenue, Cartersville, GA 30120
March 16, 9:00 AM – Mitchell County
Mitchell County Ag Center, 4590 GA Hwy 37 East, Camilla, GA 31730
March 17, 9:00 AM – Terrell County
Main Street Theater, 152 N Main Street, Dawson, GA 39842
March 18, 9:00 AM – Brooks County
Brooks County Extension Office, 400 E Courtland Avenue, Quitman, GA 31643
March 18, 1:30 PM – Pierce County
Pierce County Extension Office, 705 College Avenue, Blackshear, GA 31516
March 19, 9:00 AM – Bulloch County
Nessmith-Lane Conference Center, 847 Plant Drive, Statesboro, GA 30458
March 20, 9:00 AM – Toombs County
Southeastern Technical College; 3001 E. First Street, Vidalia, GA 30474
March 23, 9:00 AM – Tift County
Tifton Campus Conference Center, 15 RDC Road, Tifton, GA 31793
March 24, 9:00 AM – Coffee County
Coffee High School, 159 Trojan Way, Douglas, GA 31533
March 25, 9:00 AM – Burke County
Burke County Office Park, 715 West Sixth Street, Waynesboro, GA 30830
March 25, 1:30 PM – Emanuel County
Varner 4-H Center, 220 S Circle Drive, Swainsboro, GA 30401
March 26, 1:30 PM – Madison County
Madison County School System Agricultural Facility, 175 Hope Thompson Lane, Danielsville, GA 30633
March 31, 9:00 AM – Laurens County
The Dubose Porter Conference Center at Oconee Fall Line Tech College, Dublin Campus, 560 Pinehill Road, Dublin, GA 31021
Georgia Cotton Commission
The Georgia Cotton Commission is a producer-funded organization located in Perry, Georgia. The Commission began in 1965. Georgia cotton producers pay an assessment enabling the Commission to invest in programs of research, promotion, and education on behalf of all cotton producers of Georgia. For more information about this and other topics please call 478-988-4235 or visit us on the web at www.georgiacottoncommission.org.
Source: Georgia Cotton Commission