State by state · 50 states
Your state's lead agency
One federal framework, fifty state plans. Each entry links the official lead agency and, where confirmed, the extension program that publishes the study manuals.
Alabama
Alabama Department of Agriculture & Industries — Pesticide Management Division
Alaska
Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation — Pesticide Control Program
Arizona
Arizona Department of Agriculture — Certified Applicator Licensing (Environmental & Consumer Protection / Pest Management Division)
Arkansas
Arkansas Department of Agriculture — Plant Industries Division, Pesticide Section
California
California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR)
Colorado
Colorado Department of Agriculture — Pesticide Applicator Certification and Licensing Program
Connecticut
Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) — Pesticide Management Program
Delaware
Delaware Department of Agriculture — Pesticide Management Section
Florida
Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) — Pesticide Licensing
Georgia
Georgia Department of Agriculture — Pesticide Program (Licensing, Certification and Employee Registration)
Hawaii
Hawaii Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity — Plant Industry Division, Pesticides Branch
Idaho
Idaho State Department of Agriculture — Pesticide Applicator Licensing & Certification
Illinois
Illinois Department of Agriculture — Pesticide Certification and Licensing
Indiana
Office of Indiana State Chemist (OISC) — Pesticide Section
Iowa
Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship — Pesticide Bureau
Kansas
Kansas Department of Agriculture — Pesticide and Fertilizer Program
Kentucky
Kentucky Department of Agriculture — Office for Consumer & Environmental Protection, Division of Environmental Services
Louisiana
Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry — Pesticide Programs
Maine
Maine Board of Pesticides Control (Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry)
Maryland
Maryland Department of Agriculture — Pesticide Regulation Section
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources — Pesticide Program
Michigan
Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development — Pesticide Applicator Certification
Minnesota
Minnesota Department of Agriculture — Pesticide Applicator Licensing
Mississippi
Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce — Bureau of Plant Industry, Pesticide Program
Missouri
Missouri Department of Agriculture — Bureau of Pesticide Control
Montana
Montana Department of Agriculture — Pesticide License Program
Nebraska
Nebraska Department of Agriculture — Pesticide Program
Nevada
Nevada Department of Agriculture — Pesticide Applicator Certification and Training
New Hampshire
New Hampshire Department of Agriculture, Markets & Food — Division of Pesticide Control
New Jersey
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection — Pesticide Control Program
New Mexico
New Mexico Department of Agriculture — Pesticide Compliance
New York
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation — Bureau of Pesticide Management
North Carolina
North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services — Structural Pest Control and Pesticides Division, Pesticide Section
North Dakota
North Dakota Department of Agriculture (Pesticide & Fertilizer Division)
Ohio
Ohio Department of Agriculture
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food & Forestry
Oregon
Oregon Department of Agriculture
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
Rhode Island
Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (Division of Agriculture and Forest Environment)
South Carolina
Clemson University Department of Pesticide Regulation (Regulatory Services)
South Dakota
South Dakota Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Tennessee
Tennessee Department of Agriculture
Texas
Texas Department of Agriculture
Utah
Utah Department of Agriculture and Food
Vermont
Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
Virginia
Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Office of Pesticide Services
Washington
Washington State Department of Agriculture
West Virginia
West Virginia Department of Agriculture (Regulatory and Environmental Affairs Division)
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection
Wyoming
Wyoming Department of Agriculture (Technical Services Division)