Pesticide Use

For noxious weeds and brush control

 Oxford County will be completing rural roadside spraying of noxious weeds and brush to control weed and brush growth under the health and safety exception that affects Public Works on County roads in the townships of East Zorra-Tavistock, Zorra, South-West Oxford and Norwich, as well as rural sections of the City of Woodstock, Town of Ingersoll and Town of Tillsonburg. The following pesticides registered under the Pest Control Products Act (Canada) will be used:  ClearView Herbicide (Reg. #29752) containing the active ingredients Aminopyralid (present as potassium salt) and Metsulfuron-methyl; Gateway Adjuvant (Reg. #31470), containing the active ingredients Paraffinic Oil and Alkoxylated alcohol  non-ionic surfactants; Navius FLEX Herbicide (Reg. #30922) containing the active ingredients Metsulfuron-methyl and Aminocyclopyrachlor; and Hasten NT Ultra Spray Adjuvant (Reg. #31760) containing the active ingredients Methyl and ethyl oleate (esterified vegetable oil).

Roadside weed and brush spraying will take place on the following Oxford County Roads: 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 27, 30, 37, 40, 45, 46, 59 and 119.

Weed spraying is scheduled to begin on or after May 15 and is scheduled to end on or before June 30, 2024. 

The commencement date is approximate and weather permitting.

Contact for information

Shawn G. Vanacker, C. Tech., CRS-S
Supervisor of Transportation
Oxford County
519-539-9800 or 1-866-537-7778 (toll-free), ext. 3106