One more casualty of the pandemic is Private Pesticide REcertification, at least as we’ve known it in the past. With face-to-face meetings hosted by OSU Extension presently on hold, at this time it’s impossible to speculate when a traditional Private Pesticide REcertification session may even be scheduled. However, there has been a recent change in the deadline for REcertification, and also several ‘virtual’ opportunities are in the planning stages for 2021. Tuesday, February 23rd beginning at 5 p.m. we will be hosting a free Private Pesticide REcertification session on-line. For more information, contact OSU Extension in Fairfield County at 740-653-5419 or see this NEWS post from December: https://u.osu.edu/thenews/2020/12/29/private-pesticide-recertification-will-be-different-this-year/ .
Also remember that Governor DeWine signed Ohio House Bill 404 extending both the Commercial and Private Pesticide REcertification and Fertilizer REcertification deadline until July 1, 2021. This means Private and Fertilizer Applicators who expire in March 2020 or March 2021 now have until July 1, 2021 to renew and recertify.