By: Ernie Lugo, Yuma ESS Phoenix course held at AZDA Headquarters This year the Arizona Department of Agriculture held their...

By: Yuma ESS Staff For nearly 30 years, the Environmental Services Division (now Environmental and Plant Services Division) has offered...

Photos of one of the first aerial applicators in Arizona. By: Yuma ESS Staff Photo Courtesy of Robert Smith, Yuma County Photo Courtesy...

By: Yuma ESS This year's Annual Food Safety Refresher training course was attended by over 200 agricultural supervisors, crew...

By: EPSD Staff The U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing its plan collect pet incident data on four pesticides used in...

“A number of varieties of cantaloupes and watermelons have been grown in the Yuma Valley for nearly 100 years”. By: Yuma ESS Staff Much...

By: Yuma ESS Staff The Gila River Indian Community announced in a press release issued on June 4th of this year, a moratorium on ALL...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is offering a free, two-day training webinar on August 11-12, 2021, to certify participants as...

By: EPSD Staff On June 16, 2021, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ordered eBay Inc., of San Jose, California, to stop...

By: Alexander Meraz, Phoenix EPSD As the harvest of leafy greens comes to an end in Arizona, we see majority of harvest crews head back...

By: Steven Ramirez, Phoenix EPSD Photo: Jonathan Dinsmore, Dinsmore Farms [Somerton, AZ] After battling the obstacles presented by the...

By: Alex Bellotti, Yuma EPSD AZDA Environmental & Plant Services Division offers several licenses in the agricultural industry. From...

By: Jim Steelman, Phoenix EPSD The State Department of Agriculture continues to monitor 1080s. We want this practice to be easy for...

By: EPSD Staff, AZDA Headquarters Following the Governor’s mandate to implement the LEAN principles for government, and in an effort to...

On Monday, March 15th, Sunset Health hosted a COVID-19 vaccination event for agricultural workers. This event was coordinated with the...

By: Jim Steelman, Phoenix ESD Do you have critters in your neighborhood? The Environmental Services Division receives about a dozen calls...

By: Jack Peterson, ESD Associate Director ESD conducts inspections to verify compliance with the Worker Protection Standard (WPS). This...

By: Ernie Lugo, Yuma ESD Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the agriculture world keeps on turning. As an essential function, the...

Legal Definition of Drift: the physical movement of pesticide through the air at the time of a pesticide application from the application...

By: Steven Ramirez, ESD Inspector On October 29, 2020, the Environmental Protection Agency announced that there had been regulation...