St. John applicator fined for herbicide drift

Jason Flodin, an employee of Primeland Cooperative in St. John, was fined $450 by the state Department of Agriculture for an incident last May, the agency announced in a news release Tuesday.

Flodin’s fine was one of several that amounted to $17,500 that were levied against ag companies in Washington state during the first quarter of 2011. His fine was the smallest.

Last May, herbicide Flodin was applying to wheat stubble drifted onto a neighboring field and damaged up to 20 acres of lentils. Flodin’s license was suspended seven days.