Source: Brad Haire, SOUTHEAST FARM PRESS, 1/2/17


EPA’s new Agricultural Worker Protection Standard rules went into effect Jan. 2, marking major revisions to how the agency expects farmers and farmworkers to handle pesticides and recordkeeping.The major revisions to EPA Agricultural Worker Protection rules include:
• Annual mandatory training to inform farmworkers on the required protections afforded to them. 

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