Texas Agricultural Licensing
About 5 of every 50 questions on a Texas General Standards (Agricultural) practice exam come from this topic.
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What to know
Texas requires a license, certification or a licensed applicator's direct supervision to buy or use restricted-use or state-limited-use pesticides or regulated herbicides. Commercial applicators apply these products to another person's land for hire, private applicators use them to produce an agricultural commodity, and noncommercial applicators are everyone else who must be licensed. Commercial and noncommercial candidates pass the General Standards exam, including laws and regulations, plus at least one category exam, and each exam score is valid for 12 months. Applicator businesses prove financial responsibility only with a liability insurance policy in the business's name, and must stop restricted-use, state-limited-use and regulated herbicide work while they cannot show it. Commercial and noncommercial applicators earn at least five CEUs before each license expires, with an hour each in two of IPM, laws and regulations, or drift minimization, while private applicators earn 15 CEUs every five years. A renewal not filed within one year after a license expires is refused, and the applicator must meet the requirements for a new license.
Where it comes from
- Tex. Agric. Code § 76.105
- Tex. Agric. Code §§ 76.108, 76.109, 76.112
- Tex. Agric. Code § 76.111
- 4 TAC § 7.22
- 4 TAC § 7.23
- 4 TAC § 7.24
- 4 TAC § 7.25
Try a practice question
Under Texas Agriculture Code § 76.105, a person who is not licensed, certified or under a licensed applicator's direct supervision may not purchase or use which products?
- AAny general-use pesticide applied to more than ten acres
- BAny pesticide product labeled for use on food or feed crops
- COnly those pesticides that carry the signal word DANGER
- DRestricted-use or state-limited-use pesticides, or regulated herbicides
Show the answer
Restricted-use or state-limited-use pesticides, or regulated herbicides. Section 76.105(a) ties the license requirement to restricted-use and state-limited-use pesticides and regulated herbicides. Crop type, acreage and signal word do not trigger it.
Tex. Agric. Code § 76.105(a)