{"id":29686,"date":"2026-04-07T08:08:49","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T12:08:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/?p=29686"},"modified":"2026-04-07T08:08:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T12:08:49","slug":"pesticide-advisory-committee-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/mda-newsroom\/2026\/04\/07\/pesticide-advisory-committee-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"PESTICIDE ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Pesticide Advisory Committee Meeting will meet on April 22, 2026 from 10am to 12pm. This will be a virtual meeting. You can find more details below:<\/p>\n<p>Video call link: https:\/\/meet.google.com\/gqv-tmwb-xrq Or dial: (US) +1 402-921-2196 PIN: 693 591 915#<\/p>\n<p>AGENDA<\/p>\n<p>10:00 \u2013 10:15<br \/>\n\u2022 Introductory Comments \u2013 Dr. Frederick Kutz, Chair<br \/>\n\u2022 Roll Call \u2013 Committee Members<br \/>\n\u2022 July recording available at https:\/\/mda.maryland.gov\/about_mda\/pages\/pesticide-advisory-committee.aspx<br \/>\nMinutes will not be provided unless recording fails)<br \/>\n10:15 \u2013 11:15<br \/>\n\u2022 Effects of Pesticides and Toxics on Soil Microbiome \u2013 Dr. Godon Custer, Department of Natural Sciences, University of Maryland Eastern Shore<br \/>\n11:15 \u2013 11:20<br \/>\n\u2022 Pesticide Program Updates \u2013 Rob Hofstetter<br \/>\n11:20 \u2013 11:30<br \/>\n\u2022 New Business \u2013 Discussion on vacant positions, Ag Commission Representative and House of Delegates Representative.<br \/>\n11:30<br \/>\n\u2022 Public Comment<br \/>\nAdjourn<\/p>\n<p>*This meeting will be recorded.<br \/>\n**Members of the public requesting to speak will have a maximum of 5 minutes.<br \/>\nAnyone wishing to submit documentation for member review may do so by email to pest.reg@maryland.gov Please include Pesticide Advisory Committee Documents in the subject line.<\/p>\n<p>Please Note: Regardless of meeting setting (in-person, virtual, etc.), the meeting will be cancelled if Anne Arundel County Schools are delayed for 2 hours or closed due to inclement weather or if the State has declared liberal leave or closes (Anne Arundel County or State-wide operations) for any reason.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pesticide Advisory Committee Meeting will meet on April 22, 2026 from 10am to 12pm. This will be a virtual meeting. You can find more details below: Video call link: https:\/\/meet.google.com\/gqv-tmwb-xrq Or dial: (US) +1 402-921-2196 PIN: 693 591 915# AGENDA 10:00 \u2013 10:15 \u2022 Introductory Comments \u2013 Dr. Frederick Kutz, Chair \u2022 Roll Call<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/mda-newsroom\/2026\/04\/07\/pesticide-advisory-committee-meeting\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":251,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1162,403],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-meeting-notices","category-mda-newsroom"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/251"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29686"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29686\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29687,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29686\/revisions\/29687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}