Pesticide News

Home Blogs Pesticide News

Pesticide News

Latest Posts

Household hazardous material collection events scheduled for fall 2025

July 30, 2025

Now is the time to get rid of any old or unwanted pesticides in your chemical storage area. The Illinois EPA one-day household hazardous waste collection schedule for this fall has been released to the public. Please note, all one-day collections require pre-registration. More information can be...

Finish this story

Soybean field being sprayed with herbicide

EPA opens comment period on Dicamba re-registration for soybeans, cotton with proposed mitigation measures

July 29, 2025

The following is adapted slightly from a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) press release dated July 23, 2025. There are currently no registered dicamba products for over-the-top (OTT) applications to soybeans and/or cotton. In recent years, Illinois had additional state restrictions on...

Finish this story

Final insecticide strategy brings major changes for applicators

July 28, 2025

On April 29, 2025, the EPA published its final Insecticide Strategy, following the release of the draft version in July 2024. The insecticide strategy is part of a broader suite of regulatory efforts,...

Finish this story

Upcoming ag related events to check out

July 23, 2025

2025 Harvest Open HouseSaturday, September 20, 202510:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m....

Finish this story

USDA rescinds federal restricted use pesticide recordkeeping requirement for private applicators

May 29, 2025

The USDA recently rescinded a rule that required all private applicators (those who apply pesticides to their own land) to keep records of their restricted-use applications. The rescinded requirement appeared in the ...

Finish this story

Illinois invasive: Elm zigzag sawfly

May 29, 2025

The elm zigzag sawfly (Aproceros leucopoda) is an invasive pest of elm trees (Ulmus spp.) that was first detected in Illinois in July 2024 in Busse Woods, Cook County. Native to parts of China and Japan, this species became established in Europe in 2003 and was first detected in the United...

Finish this story

clean pesticide containers ready for recycling

2025 Agrichemical container recycling program schedule

May 9, 2025

The Illinois Department of Agriculture has announced the single-day collection sites and dates for the 2025 Pesticide Container Recycling Program. Dates and locations are available on the Illinois Department of Agriculture website...

Finish this story

Taking a pesticide exam online soon? See these new equipment requirements first

May 8, 2025

Illinois pesticide applicators and operators, if you have previously taken an Illinois Department of Agriculture online exam, you may already be familiar with ProctorU. All pesticide online exams are proctored by ProctorU (also known as Meazure Learning). You would have created a login and spoken...

Finish this story

Phytobac™ breaks down spray tank residues

April 23, 2025

Private applicators have a novel way to handle spray tank residues when cleaning agricultural machinery and spraying equipment that was presented at the 2025 Pesticide Stewardship Alliance annual conference recently. The following information was provided by Lee Huber, SR. Residue Manager with...

Finish this story

Container recycling and the ACRC

April 17, 2025

Recently, I participated in The Pesticide Stewardship Alliance’s 25th annual conference. The Ag Container Recycling Council (ACRC) had an exhibitor booth and explained what the ACRC does. In their 33 years of service to U.S. growers and custom applicators, they have collected over 257,000,000...

Finish this story

Blog Authors

Blog Archives

2026

2025

2024

2023

Pesticide News

Pesticide News

Latest Posts

Household hazardous material collection events scheduled for fall 2025

EPA opens comment period on Dicamba re-registration for soybeans, cotton with proposed mitigation measures

Final insecticide strategy brings major changes for applicators

Upcoming ag related events to check out

USDA rescinds federal restricted use pesticide recordkeeping requirement for private applicators

Illinois invasive: Elm zigzag sawfly

2025 Agrichemical container recycling program schedule

Taking a pesticide exam online soon? See these new equipment requirements first

Phytobac™ breaks down spray tank residues

Container recycling and the ACRC

Blog Authors

Michelle Wiesbrook

Travis Cleveland

John Schepis

Steven Zhu