Transcript Recordkeeping - Montana State University

Restricted-Use Pesticides
Keeping Track of What You Spray
Pesticide Classifications
• General Used Pesticides… 2,4-D, Banvel,
Sevin, Zinc Phosphide (<10% a.i.- For
domestic use.
• Restricted-Use Pesticides (RUP)…Tordon,
paraquat, Furadan
Restricted Use Pesticides (RUPs)
• Can only be applied by certified applicators.
• Can cause harm to the environment
• Can cause harm to humans or animals
As a certified private pesticide
applicator, you are responsible
for keeping records for all RUP
applications that you make.
• You must record the application
information within 14 days of the
application and…..
• You must keep these records for 2 years
following the application.
What information must I record?
• There is no standard form
• But there is a standard format
Recordkeeping format
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Name of applicator and applicator ID number
Date when application was made
Location
Size of the area treated
Crop or site sprayed
Amount of RUP used
Product or trade name of pesticide used
EPA Registration Number
Name of applicator and
applicator ID number
Date when application was
made
• Month/ Day and year
• Time is not required but may be useful
Location
• Actual location of the spraying & not
the farm address!!
• Any method can be used
– USDA Maps
– Latitude/Longitude
– Applicator maps
Location
Goal: To identify a site that you
sprayed for at lease 2 years
following the application.
User derived location
Size of the area treated
• Use simple calibration formula (Must
know GPA)
• Volume used ÷ GPA = acres treated
400 gallons used
20 GPA
=
20 acres
2 gallons used =
80 GPA
0.025 acres
Crop or site sprayed
• Language of the label
• Rangeland, wheat, barley, fenceline,
etc
Amount of RUP used
• Calibration formula and acres treated
• Acres treated x rate used
• 20 acres x 1 pint per acre = 20 pints
used
• 0.025 acres x 16 oz. = 0.4 oz. used
Product or trade name of
pesticide used
• Tordon 22K is the
trade or brand
name
• Picloram is the
common name
EPA Registration Number
Recording a Spot Treatment
• “Spot application" is an application(s) of a
restricted use pesticide made on the same day
to a sprayed area of less than 1/10 acre. (4,356
ft2 or 66 x 66 ft.)
• Let your calibration help you.
– Your backpack is calibrated to 50 GPA
– With 5 gallons you should spray 1/10 acre
(5 gallons ÷ 50 GPA = 0.1 or 1/10 of an acre
Spot Treatments
Field 6 as designated on
a farm map.
Spot Treatments
Suppose you sprayed a
full 5 gallons in Field #6
You don’t need to record a location every time you pull the
trigger!
“Spot Applications for noxious weeds throughout field 6.”
Spot Treatments
• Location must be designated as "spot application,"
followed by a concise description of the location
• Examples:
– Spot application, leafy spurge in fields number 5 and 6.
– Spot sprayed for weeds next to equipment shed
– Spot sprayed for weeds along fenceline by county road.