OH Pesticide Applicator case studies
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The Ohio Pesticide Applicator credential is administered by the Ohio Department of Agriculture's Division of Plant Health, Pesticide Regulation program. Ohio issues two applicator license types: a Private Pesticide Applicator License, for people applying restricted-use pesticides to their own or their employer's property, and a Commercial Pesticide Applicator License, required for anyone applying pesticides for hire, soliciting application services, or performing wood-destroying insect inspections. The OH Pesticide Applicator case studies are 5 cases and about 2,403 words.
1The Neighbor's Drift Complaint and the Applicator's Records
A commercial applicator in Ohio sprays a 40-acre corn field with a restricted-use herbicide on a windy afternoon. Two days later, a neighboring property owner calls the applicator claiming that herbicide drifted onto her vegetable garden, damaging tomatoes and peppers.
528 words, about 3 min2Selling Restricted-Use Pesticides to a Customer Without a License
A farm supply dealer in Ohio sells restricted-use pesticides. A long-time customer, a farmer, comes in to buy a restricted-use insecticide for his own farm.
493 words, about 2 min3A New Product Label and the Applicator's Existing Equipment
An applicator has been using a particular herbicide for years under an older label. The manufacturer has reformulated the product and the new label carries a different EPA registration number, a revised application rate, a required droplet size range, and a statement that the product must not be applied when a temperature inversion exists.
464 words, about 2 min4Aerial Application Near a School and the Buffer Question
Aerial applicator is hired to apply a fungicide to a 120-acre field. A school building sits 300 feet from the field's eastern edge.
461 words, about 2 min5The Custom Applicator, the UAS, and the Customer's Field Records
A licensed commercial applicator is hired by a farmer to apply a restricted-use herbicide using a small unmanned aircraft system (UAS). The farmer signed a service agreement and provided his private applicator license number, though the farmer will not make the application himself.
457 words, about 2 min