Smith Takes Over as NDSU Pesticide Specialist

With the retirement of Andrew Thostenson as the pesticide program specialist at NDSU Extension, Madeleine Smith is now in that role. “Andrew Thostenson has done a great job in building up the pesticide program here at NDSU and providing a solid basis of training and information for folks and I’m excited to take over where he left off.” Smith is already looking ahead to 2025 and some of the issues that will require attention. “There is a lot of activity now from EPA with the Endangered Species Act. We have label changes, the chemicals that are going to come down the road here that are going to be a little bit more complex to navigate than they have been in the past. That’s something that we’re going to try and focus on in our training.” Previously, Smith was a plant pathologist at University of Minnesota Extension in Crookston.