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Contact

Jason Davis
Application Technologist
Phone: 870-793-7432
Email: jadavis@uaex.edu

Office:
70 Experiment Station Drive
Batesville, AR 72501

Herbicide Application Certification

As of 2017, Arkansas farmers planning to use Engenia, Xtendimax, or Enlist Duo must have a valid pesticide applicator’s license to buy the products. The three herbicides are restricted-use, or RUPs, in Arkansas.

Additionally, in order to apply the herbicides to Xtend or Enlist crops, all applicators must complete a specific online training module. Note: Xtendimax herbicide cannot be used on Xtend crops from April 15 to September 15.

Screen shot of online applicator course module

MANDATORY -- Growers planning on using Engenia on Xtend crops or Enlist Duo on Enlist crops must pass this online training module.

You may not apply these herbicides until you have completed a specific online training module.

How to get certified

This mandatory certification can be completed here http://courses.uaex.edu/login/index.php and please note, in order to take the class you must create a username and password.

The online training module is hosted and developed by Extension Application Technologist Jason Davis and Extension Pesticide Assessment Specialist Ples Spradley as a result of the requirements passed by the Arkansas State Plant Board.

Supplemental Resources

Applicators are encouraged to download the below resources.

A quick reference card, “Arkansas Application Requirements for Engenia Herbicide,” may be downloaded from https://www.uaex.edu/publications/pdf/MP542.pdf.

“Arkansas Application Requirements for Enlist Duo Herbicide https://www.uaex.edu/publications/pdf/MP535.pdf