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AZDA Announces the Merger of Environmental and Plant Services Divisions
By: EPSD Staff, AZDA Headquarters Following the Governor’s mandate to implement the LEAN principles for government, and in an effort to...
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Mar 15, 20211 min read
YFVA helps coordinate the COVID-19 vaccination of 400 agricultural workers in Yuma County.
On Monday, March 15th, Sunset Health hosted a COVID-19 vaccination event for agricultural workers. This event was coordinated with the...
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Dec 29, 20202 min read
Mothballs are a pesticide.
By: Jim Steelman, Phoenix ESD Do you have critters in your neighborhood? The Environmental Services Division receives about a dozen calls...
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Dec 29, 20202 min read
An Insight Into WPS Compliance: Correcting Violations, Citations and More.
By: Jack Peterson, ESD Associate Director ESD conducts inspections to verify compliance with the Worker Protection Standard (WPS). This...
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Dec 28, 20202 min read
AZDA Annual Re-certification Course Offered Online
By: Ernie Lugo, Yuma ESD Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the agriculture world keeps on turning. As an essential function, the...
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Dec 28, 20202 min read
What to do if you’ve been drifted on.
Legal Definition of Drift: the physical movement of pesticide through the air at the time of a pesticide application from the application...
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Dec 28, 20202 min read
EPA Announces Changes to AEZ Rule
By: Steven Ramirez, ESD Inspector On October 29, 2020, the Environmental Protection Agency announced that there had been regulation...
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Dec 2, 20202 min read
Heartbreak Serves as a Warning to Other Farm Families
By: SONJA BEGEMANN - Droves.com Devastating accident leaves one family without its patriarch and a wife without her husband.(Photo: Lacey...
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Oct 3, 20202 min read
“Crop Protection vs. Pesticides”
Is It Time to Ditch the Term ‘Crop Protection’? By: Paul Schrimpf, CropLife Question: Is it time to start saying “pesticides” again? Do I...
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Sep 29, 20204 min read
Dicamba Weed Control Slips: What It Means for Growers, Retailers
By Jackie Pucci - CropLife.com Dr. Bill Johnson, Professor of Weed Science at Purdue University, believes that regulators will not renew...
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Aug 7, 20201 min read
AZDA Headquarters housed in historic state building
By: Ernie Lugo, ESD First state office building; helped decentralized state services in 1930. (Photo courtesy of: B. Mania, AZDA) In...
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Jul 27, 20202 min read
Unsolicited seed from China mailed to residents in at least one Arizona town.
By: Yuma ESD Staff Like in other parts of the country, several Douglas, AZ residents reported to the police department in that town that...
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Jun 26, 20201 min read
WPS training during trying times.
By: Yuma ESD Staff The health and safety of everyone is a priority for the Arizona Department of Agriculture. As an essential function,...
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Jun 23, 20202 min read
FDA advises consumers not to use hand sanitizer products manufactured by Eskbiochem.
By: ESD Staff FDA advises consumers not to use any hand sanitizer manufactured by Eskbiochem SA de CV in Mexico, due to the potential...
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Jun 19, 20201 min read
EPA Releases Guidance on Pesticide Safety Training Requirements During COVID-19
By: EPA OPPU Agricultural workers and pesticide handlers directly support the nation’s agricultural production and food supply and EPA is...
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Jun 16, 20202 min read
EPA releases guidance regarding respirators during COVID-19 PPE shortages.
By: Ernie Lugo, ESD UPDATE: THIS IS NO LONGER IN EFECT The use of crop protection products in Arizona requiring respiratory protection...
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Jun 13, 20202 min read
Pest Management in Compliance with Food Safety
By: Ernie Lugo, ESD In 2018 and 2019. Arizona was in the Ag spotlight because of food safety issues with contaminated Romaine lettuce. As...
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Jun 8, 20202 min read
ESD Rules to be revised.
By: Jack Peterson, ESD Associate Director AZDA Environmental Services Division rules are codified within Title 3 of the Arizona...
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Jun 8, 20202 min read
ESD and COVID–19.
By: Jack Peterson, ESD Associate Director What an unfortunate time we have all been facing. This illness has impacted everyone including...
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Jun 5, 20205 min read
US Circuit Court of Appeals outlaws use of Dicamba.
By: Mikkel Pates - Ag Week The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has vacated the registrations of three dicamba herbicides — Bayer's...
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