FieldWatch is an easy-to-use, reliable, accurate and secure on-line mapping tool intended to enhance communications that promotes awareness and stewardship activities between producers of specialty crops, beekeepers, and pesticide applicators. Originally developed at Purdue University, FieldWatch is now a non-profit company with support from producers, applicators, agricultural chemical companies and other organizations. The program allows…Read more about Update your FieldWatch information and report off-target damage[Read More]
Pesticide Safety
Here’s an excellent story from The Progressive Farmer on dicamba drift. https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/news/crops/article/2018/07/20/dicamba-moves-beyond-bean-fields-eye
An Indiana Pesticide Clean Sweep Project designed to collect and dispose of suspended, canceled, banned, unusable, opened, unopened or just unwanted pesticides (weed killers, insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, miticides, etc.) is being sponsored by the Office of Indiana State Chemist (OISC). This disposal service is free of charge up to 250 pounds per participant. Over 250…Read more about Indiana Pesticide Clean Sweep Project[Read More]
The Midwest Fruit Pest Management Guide is updated each year by the Midwest Fruit Workers group to provide the most complete information and recommendations for controlling weeds, diseases and insect pests of all major fruit crops grown in the Midwest. For the past three years, the guide has combined information on tree fruit, small fruit…Read more about Midwest Fruit Pest Management Guide (ID-465) available[Read More]
Indiana Pesticide Clean Sweep Project is designed to collect and dispose of suspended, canceled, banned, unusable, opened, unopened or just unwanted pesticides (herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, rodenticides, miticides, etc.). It is sponsored by the Office of the Indiana State Chemist, with support from the U.S. EPA. The disposal service is free of charge up to 250…Read more about Indiana Pesticide Clean Sweep Program[Read More]