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Texas Agricultural Pesticide Use Rules

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

Direct supervision means the licensed applicator controls and is responsible for the supervised person and is available when needed; physical presence is required when the label says so or when the two do not work from the same local office. Commercial and noncommercial applicators record every application, private applicators record restricted-use, state-limited-use and regulated herbicide applications, and records are kept two years from the application and shown to TDA immediately on request. In regulated counties, regulated herbicides need a spray permit (except brush, mop, wick, basal and injection methods), may not be sprayed in winds over 10 mph or the label's lower limit, and high-volatile herbicides may not be sprayed within four miles of susceptible crops. People who live or work on adjoining land within 1/4 mile of a field, among others, may request prior notice of aerial, airblast and mistblower applications at least 24 hours ahead. A person may file a complaint with TDA, which investigates and reports but does not estimate monetary losses.

Where it comes from

  • Tex. Agric. Code § 76.105(b)
  • 4 TAC § 7.31
  • 4 TAC § 7.33
  • Tex. Agric. Code § 76.114
  • 4 TAC § 7.50
  • 4 TAC § 7.37
  • 4 TAC § 7.62

Try a practice question

Under Tex. Agric. Code § 76.105(b), an individual is under a licensed applicator's direct supervision when acting under the licensee's instructions and control, and the licensee is what?

  1. AOn the property for all mixing, loading and application steps
  2. BResponsible for the individual's actions and available if and when needed
  3. CWithin 25 miles of the site and reachable by a two-way radio at all times
  4. DWithin sight of the individual for the entire time of the application
Show the answer

Responsible for the individual's actions and available if and when needed. Direct supervision turns on instructions and control by a licensee who is responsible for the individual and available when needed, not on a set distance or line of sight.

Tex. Agric. Code § 76.105(b)