MN Pesticide Applicator case studies
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The Minnesota Pesticide Applicator License is issued by the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) to people who apply pesticides in the state. Pesticides include herbicides, insecticides, fungicides and other products intended to prevent, destroy, repel or mitigate a pest, plus substances used as plant regulators, defoliants or desiccants. The MDA issues licenses to Commercial and Noncommercial Pesticide Applicators and to Structural Pest Control Applicators; private applicators, typically farmers, follow a separate path. Commercial applicators make applications for hire, where customers are billed or invoiced. The MN Pesticide Applicator case studies are 5 cases and about 3,015 words.
1Creek-Side Soybean Spray with a 50-Foot Aquatic Buffer
You are a licensed commercial applicator in southern Minnesota. A farmer requests a post-emergence treatment on 38 acres of soybean at growth stage V3 for glyphosate-resistant waterhemp.
681 words, about 3 min2Aerial Fungicide at Dawn Next to an Organic Farm
You are a licensed aerial applicator in central Minnesota. A 160-acre corn field at tasseling needs a fungicide for northern corn leaf blight; lesions are on lower leaves at 5% severity, and rain is forecast with 30% chance in 36 hours.
625 words, about 3 min3Pasture Thistle Tank Mix Next to Flowering Soybean
You are a licensed agricultural weed control applicator. A 70-acre pasture has a heavy Canada thistle infestation at 40% cover and flowering stage.
582 words, about 3 min4Orchard Pyrethroid with Bees, Pond, and U-Pick Timing
You are a licensed agricultural insect control applicator. A 40-acre apple orchard has codling moth trap counts of 14 moths per trap per week, above the action threshold of 5.
554 words, about 3 min5Right-of-Way Spray Along Wetland, Trout Stream, and Wells
You are a licensed right-of-way applicator for a county in northern Minnesota. A 6-mile stretch of gravel road shoulder has a mix of Canada thistle, wild parsnip, and spotted knapweed.
573 words, about 3 min