PHARM Blog

Understanding all your options for managing pests can reduce the money spent

Keep your eye out for another potential multi-colored but unwelcome denizen of the woods, the spotted lanternfly (SLF)

Ensuring Vermont’s registered distributors and their products meet proper germination rates, purity standards and are free from weed seed

It is illegal to reuse a pesticide container for any purpose. 

Earlier this summer, Vermont officials confirmed the discovery of the Pale swallowwort (Vincetoxicum rossicum) in Burlington, Vermont.

How would you know if beech leaf disease, often abbreviated as “BLD”, has infected your beech trees?

The pesticide certification exam(s) ensure that pesticide application is done in a manner that best reduces risks to the public, worker health, and the environment.

Beware of this poisonous lookalike if you are foraging for ramps

VAAFM collects ticks statewide at 48 locations twice every spring to monitor numbers of ticks and the diseases they may carry.

VAAFM is responsible for licensing pesticide applicators to ensure pesticides are used properly and to protect the people and the environment of Vermont.