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Educational guides on crop protection chemistry and safe, accurate application.

Safety

Professional Agricultural Chemicals: Safety, Use and Best Practices

An overview of how professional-use pesticides and herbicides are handled safely: labels, PPE, application timing, and IPM-based rotation.

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Herbicides

Herbicide Selection Guide for Row Crops: Matching Chemistry to Weeds

How to match herbicide chemistry to weed spectrum, timing and crop in corn, soybean, cotton and other row crops, and how to rotate modes of action.

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Insecticides

Insecticide Resistance Management: Strategies for Lasting Pest Control

Why insecticide resistance develops and practical strategies to slow it: IRAC mode-of-action rotation, thresholds, refuges and non-chemical controls.

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Storage

Crop Protection Chemical Storage: Compliance, Safety, and Organization

How to store crop protection chemicals safely and legally: facility layout, segregation, temperature, inventory, spill readiness and emergency planning.

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Application

Spray Calibration Techniques for Professional Pesticide Applicators

Step-by-step sprayer calibration for pesticide applicators: nozzle selection, measuring output, speed, pressure and calculating gallons per acre.

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