Private Applicator Training

Thursday, January 30, 2020

Registration: begins at 8am, Training will begin at 8:30 am; Training will end at 12 noon.

Location: Freestone County Extension Office, 440 E Main St, Fairfield TX

Cost: $50 per person, training materials will be provided.

Call the Freestone County Extension Office 903-389-3436 to see if there are spots available. Space is limited.

• A private pesticide applicator is someone who uses or supervises the use of restricted-use or state-limited-use pesticides or regulated herbicides to produce an agricultural commodity on:
  • Personally owned property;
  • Rented property;
  • Property owned by his or her employer;
  • Property under his or her general control; or
  • The property of another person if applied without compensation, other than the trading of personal services between producers of agricultural commodities.
• An agricultural commodity is a plant or animal grown for sale, lease, barter, feed or human consumption and animals raised for farm or ranch work. No license is required to apply general-use pesticides to produce agricultural commodities.
• No testing will be conducted at this educational event.

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