Purdue Extension Benton and Warren Co.
Indiana Pesticide Clean Sweep Project is designed to collect and dispose of suspended, canceled, banned, unusable, opened, unopened or just unwanted pesticides and is sponsored by the Office of Indiana State Chemist. This year we will be collecting these unwanted pesticide materials from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm Wednesday August 18th at the Fountain County Fairgrounds, 476 US Hwy 136 just west of Veedersburg.
All public and private schools, golf courses, nurseries, farmers, ag dealers, cities, towns, municipalities and county units of government are invited and urged to use this opportunity to safely dispose of unwanted pesticides that may include weed killers, insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides or miticides. I feel like the preceding is a complete list, but you may even have some other sort of life killing compound that Iâve never heard of. You will need to fill out a planning form ahead of time to let the folks at the State Chemistâs
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Fifth-generation farmer Mark Davidson spent his entire life in chronic pain until he tried CBD oil, and it changed his life.
Davidson jumped on board when Indiana legalized growing hemp for CBD, a non-psychoactive chemical in the cannabis plant that is used for relieving pain, anxiety and other health issues, hoping to help others who were suffering.
But then his best-laid plans went up in smoke. Literally.
In 2019, Davidson was forced to burn 2.5 acres of his hemp crop.
“We had to burn more than $100,000 worth of product, which was heartbreaking and disheartening,” he said. “It was like seeing all this medicine going up in smoke.”
Fifth-generation farmer Mark Davidson spent his entire life in chronic pain â until he tried CBD oil, and it changed his life.
Davidson jumped on board when Indiana legalized growing hemp for CBD, a non-psychoactive chemical in the cannabis plant that is used for relieving pain, anxiety and other health issues, hoping to help others who were suffering.
But then his best-laid plans went up in smoke. Literally.
In 2019, Davidson was forced to burn 1.5 acres of his hemp crop.
âWe had to burn more than $100,000 worth of product, which was heartbreaking and disheartening,â he said. âIt was like seeing all this medicine going up in smoke.â
7 things to know about handling minibulks
KNOW THE RULES: Pesticide minibulks that you haul on your sprayer trailer are exempt from secondary containment regulations if you don’t have them for longer than 30 days. Do you know how to handle and store pesticide minibulks properly and without issues?
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Jun 15, 2021 to Jun 17, 2021
Minibulks for chemicals make life simpler than handling dozens of 2.5-gallon plastic jugs. If you use them during spraying season, do you know the rules that apply to use and storage?
Fred Whitford, director of Purdue University Pesticide Programs, led the charge on developing a publication that explains legal requirements and responsibilities related to minibulks. You can access Pesticide Minibulks: Filling, Maintenance and Containment, PPP-136, on the PPP website. Written copies are available from the Purdue Extension Education Store.
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