Yesterday, the EPA released a long list of pesticides that they have cleared for use on hemp: Pesticide Products Registered for Use on Hemp. This is good news for our hemp growers, but before you can legally use these products in North Carolina, they must be registered with the state. I asked Lee Davis, pesticide registration manager with N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (NCDA&CS), to provide us with some guidance on this, and this is what he shared:

Growers can go to Kelly Solutions to search for products registered in North Carolina. There are several ways to search including using the EPA registration number. You can plug in the registration number given on the EPA list to see if North Carolina has any product(s) registered with that EPA registration number. Keep in mind that a single EPA registration number can be associated with several brand names, so you will need to review the container labels to make sure hemp is covered on the label on the product you are interested in.