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Lee County
UGA Extension Office

Agriculture & Natural Resources

Private Pesticide Licenses

If you require a pesticide license, whether it be a new license or to renew a license, contact us.  We can send you the online test link and instructions.  Once you have completed the Online Pesticide Training, please bring the following to our Extension Office. 

  • Your Driver's License or Passport.
  • Your printed certificate for completing the online training. 
  • A completed Pesticides Application Form. Use this form for the Private Pesticide Applicators Application

We will make copies of these documents and send them to the Georgia Department of Agriculture. It will take about 7-10 days to receive your license by USPS.


Lee County Ledger

Ag Newspaper Columns

Douglas Collins, our CEC, writes in the Lee County Ledger, which is distributed every Wednesday.  If you have any questions about the articles, contact us at 229-759-6025 or email Doug at collinsd@uga.edu


Lee County Production Meetings

  • Production meetings are usually held at the beginning of each year.  Farmers can earn pesticide credit toward their pesticide licenses by attending the meetings.  During the course of five years, 3 credit hours are required to keep your private pesticide license up to date.  For commercial licenses, it depends on the category you are in (category 21: 10 credits)
  • If you have any questions, contact our office. If you have additional questions we are not able to answer, contact the Georgia Department of Agriculture at (800) 282-5852. 

2026 Lee County Ag Meeting Schedule

Next year's schedule will be released in January 2027.

Sausages will be served 30 minutes before the cotton, corn/soybean, precision ag, and crop disease meetings. The address of the Lee County Governmental Building Meeting Room is 109 Main St., Leesburg, GA  31763.  The Southwest Georgia Exchange Club Fairgrounds are located at the corner of Westover and Oakridge in Albany.  A social time with sausages will start at 6:30 p.m.   If you have questions, concerns, or need special accommodation, please call our office at 229-759-6025.

At the Precision Ag Meeting, the topics discussed will include the return on investment in GPS guidance, planter setup, and drone sprayers.