{"id":3671,"date":"2020-02-13T13:43:57","date_gmt":"2020-02-13T21:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/wam\/?page_id=3671"},"modified":"2020-02-13T13:43:57","modified_gmt":"2020-02-13T21:43:57","slug":"updates-on-the-use-of-paraquat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/wam\/2020\/02\/13\/updates-on-the-use-of-paraquat\/","title":{"rendered":"Updates on the Use of Paraquat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[row][column][textblock]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\">Volume 9 Issue 2<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Label Changes<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The 2020 growing season will see a major change in the label for paraquat. If your farming operation uses this herbicide, you will be impacted and need to read the following resources.<\/p>\n<p><em>Handlers and applicators must be certified applicators and paraquat specific training must be completed every three years.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>For information on label changes see <a href=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2020\/02\/818-ParaquatLabelChangesFactSheet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this PDF<\/a> and go to the following websites:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/agr.wa.gov\/departments\/pesticides-and-fertilizers\/pesticides\/paraquat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WSDA website information<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/pesticide-worker-safety\/paraquat-dichloride-training-certified-applicators\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">EPA information<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Training<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>As per the change certified applicators must participate in either an in-person or online training. <a href=\"https:\/\/npsec.us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The National Pesticide Safety Education Center<\/a> is acting as the single point of contact for review of all training resources.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/usparaquattraining.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Online training<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/npsec.us\/paraquat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">In-person training<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Note that Spanish training will become available in the next 30 days <\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2020\/02\/Paraquat-Training-Announcement-2.12.20.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Please see this PDF<\/a> for more information on training opportunities.[\/textblock][\/column][\/row]<\/p>\n\n        <div id=\"cahnrs-back-to-top\" class=\"cahnrs-back-to-top\" hidden aria-hidden=\"true\">\n            <a id=\"cahnrs-back-to-top-btn\" class=\"cahnrs-back-to-top__btn\" href=\"#product-top\" aria-label=\"Back to top\">\n                <span class=\"cahnrs-back-to-top__icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\u2191<\/span>\n                <span class=\"cahnrs-back-to-top__label\">Back to top<\/span>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Volume 9 Issue 2 Label Changes The 2020 growing season will see a major change in the label for paraquat. If your farming operation uses this herbicide, you will be impacted and need to read&amp;hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_external_link":"","_expiration_date":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/wam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3671"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/wam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/wam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/wam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/53"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/wam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3671"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/wam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3671\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/wam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/wam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/wam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}