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Read article: Revised Pesticide Safety Education publications for 2024-2025
Revised Pesticide Safety Education publications for 2024-2025
Are you preparing to take your Illinois Department of Agriculture (IDOA) pesticide licensing exams? If so, you should check to see if you have the...
Pesticide application made to an aquatic area
Read article: Know this for a simplified registration and licensure process
Know this for a simplified registration and licensure process
In December, the University of Illinois Pesticide Safety Education Program will once again offer in-person training clinics. Offerings will be...
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Read article: Online training and testing closed for maintenance until October 2024
Online training and testing closed for maintenance until October 2024
As the spray season is winding down for many Illinois pesticide applicators, the training and testing season has also slowed way down for The...
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Read article: Changes may come to federal pesticide regulations after Chevron ruling overturned
Changes may come to federal pesticide regulations after Chevron ruling overturned
This past month, the supreme court overturned Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) (1984) with the recent Loper Bright V. Raimondo (...

News Releases

Brooke Katcher and Lindsay Mahoney
Harvest is stressful, the community says thanks
MORRIS, Ill. – As farmers throughout Grundy, Kankakee, and Kendall Counties work diligently to bring in another harvest, University of Illinois Extension and the Kendall-Grundy and...
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Important safety lessons learned at Farm Safety Day
LEWISTOWN, Ill -University of Illinois Extension and Farm Bureau in Fulton and Mason Counties sponsored their annual Farm Safety Day on Tuesday, June 11, at the Fulton County Fairgrounds in Lewistown. This yearly event was made possible with the support of several area businesses and...

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