SD Pesticide Applicator case studies
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The South Dakota Pesticide Applicator certification is a state credential that authorizes a person to buy, mix, load, and apply restricted-use pesticides or to apply any pesticide in a commercial or public setting. Private applicators certify to treat their own agricultural land; commercial and public applicators certify on behalf of an employer, a business, or a government entity, and usually add a category credential for the type of work they do, such as agriculture, turf and ornamentals, rights-of-way, or structural pest control. The SD Pesticide Applicator case studies are 5 cases and about 4,124 words.
1The Second Burndown: Seasonal Caps, Tank Math, and a Roadside Ditch
An applicator is hired to burndown and preplant-treat 160 acres of no-till soybean ground. He plans to tank-mix a Group 2 ALS herbicide labeled at a single rate of 0.75 oz/A with a Group 4 product and 1% v/v methylated seed oil.
791 words, about 4 min2Sweating Through Coveralls: Heat Illness or Organophosphate Poisoning?
On an 88°F, humid afternoon a 42-year-old applicator spends about three hours mixing and loading an organophosphate insecticide for a 320-acre corn field. He wears cotton coveralls, leather gloves, and a respirator.
700 words, about 4 min3Kochia That Lived Through the Double Rate, and Twelve Hives Next Door
A 240-acre wheat stubble field is due for a fall burndown. It has been in a wheat–fallow rotation with a glyphosate-only burndown for six years.
884 words, about 4 min4The Catch Test That Read 72 Ounces, With Rain Coming
A pull-type sprayer with a 60-foot boom (36 nozzles on 20-inch spacing) and a 500-gallon tank is set up for 15 GPA at 10 mph. After the first tank, the applicator runs a one-minute catch test from one nozzle at operating pressure and collects 72 ounces.
821 words, about 4 min5Two Gallons on the Gravel With a Culvert 200 Feet Away
An applicator picks up 2 × 250-gallon mini-bulk tanks of a liquid corn herbicide and six 2.5-gallon jugs from a dealer, loading them on a flatbed trailer for a 40-mile trip on a county road. The tanks are not chained; the jugs are loose in the truck bed.
928 words, about 5 min