VT Pesticide Applicator case studies
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Vermont pesticide applicator certification is administered by the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets (VAAFM), the state agency that, in its own words, "facilitates, supports and encourages the growth and viability of agriculture in Vermont while protecting the working landscape, human health, animal health, plant health, consumers and the environment." Licensing and registration, plant industry programs and pesticide enforcement all sit inside that Agency, so the applicator credential is a state regulatory matter rather than a private trade certificate. The credential is aimed at people who apply, supervise or direct the use of pesticides in agricultural production, forestry, ornamental and turf maintenance, right-of-way and industrial sites, aquatic settings, structural work and public health programs - and at the businesses that employ them. The VT Pesticide Applicator case studies are 5 cases and about 4,071 words.
1Drift Complaint and an Inspection at a Pick-Your-Own Orchard
In late June a 45-acre pick-your-own apple orchard in Addison County sprays a restricted-use pyrethroid for plum curculio. The owner's new employee, hired three weeks earlier, mixes and loads at 6:00 a.m.
777 words, about 4 min2SWD in Ripening Raspberries, Mites in the High Tunnel, and a Bumblebee Hive
A 12-acre diversified farm in Rutland County sells raspberries, cherry tomatoes, and cut flowers at a farmers market on Wednesdays and Saturdays. On a Monday in late July, spotted-wing drosophila larvae are found in ripening raspberries, and two-spotted spider mites are building on high-tunnel tomatoes.
782 words, about 4 min3Broadleaf Herbicide, a Koi Pond, and Flowering Lindens on a Townhome Lawn
A lawn-care company treats a 40-unit townhome association in Chittenden County. The parcel includes mowed common lawn, a 0.4-acre stormwater detention pond that discharges through a swale to a brook, and a row of linden trees along the entrance drive in full flower.
823 words, about 4 min4Treating a 3-Acre Farm Pond Used for Irrigation and Cattle
A 3-acre farm pond in Orleans County averages 6 feet deep, has a 20-foot band of cattails, and carries a dense bed of curlyleaf pondweed in the shallows. The owner irrigates a 5-acre vegetable field from the pond and waters 30 head of beef cattle from it.
840 words, about 4 min5Rats in a Food Warehouse with a Daycare Next Door
A 60,000-square-foot food warehouse in Rutland stores pallets of bagged flour and pet food. Night inspections find Norway rat droppings along the loading dock walls and gnawed bags in two aisles, and snap-trap catches are climbing.
849 words, about 4 min