UNL Pesticide Safety
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Official Twitter account for the Nebraska Extension Pesticide Safety Education Program.
East Campus, Lincoln, NE
Joined June 2011
February is National Pesticide Safety Education Month! Do you know how to use pesticides safely? Follow @pesticidesafete and take this online quiz to check your knowledge: https://t.co/rx0RbKtPt6
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Join the CS-CASH, @AgriSafeNetwork, and @UNL_PSEP at Husker Harvest Days tomorrow, September 13-15 in the hospitality tent. Bring your respirator for a free qualitative fit test and find out how to choose, fit, wear and care for your respiratory protection. #HHD2022
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EPA will be hosting a free webinar, 'Excluding Pests from Schools,' on September 22 at 1PM Central. Learn about this critical aspect of Integrated Pest Management by registering here: https://t.co/71wx2Nho1w
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https://t.co/DwK7xZjcHF The UNL Extension - Pesticide Safety Education Program (PSEP) will be present at Husker Harvest days in the Hospitality tent. Drop by to chat, get a respirator fit test, or learn more about pesticide safety and protecting human health and the environment!
huskerharvestdays.com
Husker Harvest Days is known as the world's largest totally irrigated working farm show. It's an annual event in Grand Island, Nebraska, that showcases the latest agricultural technology and produc...
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Do you have family, friends, or workers that speak spanish as their first language? The Nebraska PSEP team has worked with a translator to get a nebguide on Understanding the Pesticide Label translated into spanish.
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The Nebraska PSEP team will be present at Husker Harvest days in the hospitality tent. We will offer respirator Fit testing. Please bring your cleared medical questionnaire and your respirator!
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Do you have family, friends, or workers that speak spanish as their first language? The Nebraska PSEP team has translated a nebguide on Understanding the Pesticide Label. ttps://extensionpubs.unl.edu/publication/9000030612858/entender-las-etiquetas-de-pesticidas/
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Supercomputers meet atrazine leaching/runoff in some interesting UNL research: https://t.co/8ylRlfUnNu
news.unl.edu
After running 2,000 simulations through the university’s Holland Computing Center, Husker engineers have projected how the climate of the 2050s might affect agricultural runoff in Nebraska.
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On this day in 1919, the Tractor Test Laboratory opened, helping assuage concerns that the equipment delivered was what the manufacturers promised. Today, nearly all tractors manufactured in the US are tested at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln facility. 📷: @UNLarchives
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Always blow or sweep off sidewalks and other impervious surfaces after granular fertilizer/pesticide lawn applications. Not doing so reduces application effectiveness, wastes money, and increases risks for people, animals, and water resources.
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Please help us help the communities we serve! @LPSorg @OmahaPubSchool @NeDeptAg @UNL_PSEP @NEDHHS @CityOfLincoln @NebLibraries @CNESchoolNurses @NebPublicMedia @UNLExtension
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FieldWatch’s online mapping services allow those with commercial specialty crops & beehives to report their field locations. Farmers and other pesticide applicators can view the map to see where specialty crops are located & sign up for free email alerts. https://t.co/VvLcyFtkS2
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Are you on FieldWatch yet? Help reduce risk and foster communication between Nebraska's specialty crop growers, apiarists, and pesticide applicators by signing up today! While you're at it, check out this video: https://t.co/yWpah1Dr3F
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Farmers and agronomist, reminder to handle treated seed safely this planting season by wearing the appropriate gloves. Learn more at https://t.co/4uCzqseD1t
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Are you looking to apply a pre-emergent herbicide to prevent weeds from emerging in your lawn or landscape beds this spring? Check out this video before your application to prevent the off target movement of granular pesticides: https://t.co/Ot8fZjz9oj
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Haven't been able to make it to an in-person training to recertify? Check out our online, self-paced options. For Commercial/Non-commercial enroll here: https://t.co/AqFFDxnKW0 For Private enroll here: https://t.co/rd84b4IGnJ For Chemigation enroll here:
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The Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs is collecting gently-used long-sleeved shirts to help protect farmworkers from #pesticide exposures! Learn more here: https://t.co/1OywRMgQAv
#NationalFarmworkerAwarenessWeek #NFAW
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EPA has approved a registration amendment for the herbicides Enlist One and Enlist Duo. It will allow the products to be applied in all NE counties, including the 32 counties initially prohibited in Jan. Follow label directions carefully. More info to come https://t.co/OVtIbOiEXH
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EPA is proposing to amend the registration of Enlist Duo to allow use on GE cotton in the original 15 states and extend the use of Enlist Duo on GE corn, soybean and cotton to an additional 19 states.
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It’s #NationalFarmworkerAwarenessWeek! Farmworkers are at increased risk to #pesticide exposure at work and at home. Learn more about how #NFAW supports farmworkers: https://t.co/1OywRMgQAv
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