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Articles tagged under: Andrew Thostenson

Smith Takes Over as NDSU Pesticide Specialist

Published November 4, 2024

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…
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A Legacy of Innovation

Published October 23, 2024

NDSU Pesticide Program Specialist Andrew Thostenson is set to retire at the end of the month. Heading into the final weeks of his tenure at NDSU, Thostenson took time to look back at how much pesticide use in agriculture has…
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Retirement Plans Announced

Published April 10, 2024

NDSU Extension Pesticide Program Specialist Andrew Thostenson plans to retire later this year. Thostenson has been with NDSU Extension for 28 years beginning as an agriculture agent in Pembina County and taking over the pesticide specialist role in 1998. The…
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Voluntary Cancelation for Chlorpyrifos Registrations

Published December 15, 2022

Companies are voluntarily canceling their chlorpyrifos registrations with the EPA. North Dakota State University Extension Pesticide Program Manager Andrew Thostenson says the food tolerances were revoked in February and this may be the end for this tool. "Corteva exited the market…
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What the OIG Report Means for Farmers Planning to Use Dicamba

Published May 26, 2021

The Office of Inspector General says EPA intentionally mishandled the 2018 approval of three dicamba herbicides. NDSU Extension Pesticide Program Specialist Andrew Thostenson has never seen a report like this on pesticide registration. "I'm a bit taken back. I knew…
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Paraquat Makes a Comeback for Managing Weeds

Published July 27, 2020

In the age of resistant weeds, paraquat in making a comeback. "It's always been a very good chemical as a harvest aid to help pulse crops," said Andrew Thostenson, pesticide program specialist, NDSU Extension. "The other thing is we have…
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Pesticide Program Specialist Responds to Dicamba Ruling

Published June 4, 2020

The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to appeal a recent court ruling on the use of dicamba herbicide. "Once the appeal is in place, it is likely the EPA and registrants will start marshaling their arguments and taking it to…
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States Still Evaluating Next Steps for Dicamba

Published November 2, 2018

At the state level, NDSU Extension will work with the North Dakota Department of Agriculture to help determine next steps in the dicamba discussion. NDSU Extension Pesticide Program Specialist Andrew Thostenson explains last year, the North Dakota Department of Agriculture…
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The Path Forward for Dicamba

Published August 17, 2018

NDSU Extension Pesticide Program Specialist Andrew Thostenson says the Environmental Protection Agency is considering ways to manage drift as part of any future dicamba strategy. Thostenson says something needs to change. "Once EPA makes a decision, we're (North Dakota) going to…
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Drift’s Impact on Yield Matters

Published July 5, 2018

NDSU Extension Pesticide Program Specialist Andrew Thostenson says the yield impact of dicamba drift does matter. "Let's imagine you had 70 bushel (per acre) soybeans and that's a very very good crop. You got some dicamba exposure and you're saying…
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