NOTICE: THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN CANCELLED!

2003 CROP MANAGEMENT WINTER PROGRAM

Pest Management Training (Introductory Level)
December 17 , 2003 * 8:30 am – 4:30 pm.
College Park
Grand Island, Nebraska

5.5 TOTAL CCA CREDITS
(5.5 Pest Management)

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This training is part of the NU Integrated Crop Management Winter Programs. Trainers are from the NU faculty and the agricultural industry. The clinics provide an unbiased approach by highly skilled trainers.

Topics include plant disease - common bunt and stripe rust of wheat, soybean rust and soybean cyst nematode management, entomology - soybean aphid, YieldGuard rootworm and grasshoppers, weed science - Glyphosate and RR crop update on RR corn, volunteer RR corn, control-tank mixes, glyphosate brand comparison and glyphosate salts and formulations, winter annual weed control - 2,4-D, and dicamba prelant intervals, diagnostic sample collection, IPM resources, and the science behind thresholds and putting thresholds to work in the field.

Presenters include University of Nebraska Extension Educators - Jennifer Chaky, Brady Kappler, and Ron Seymour; Keith Jarvi, University of Nebraska Pest Management Extension Assistant; University of Nebraska Extension Weed Specialists - Alex Martin and Fred Roeth; University of Nebraska Plant Pathologists - Loren Giesler and John Watkins; and Bob Wright, University of Nebraska Extension Entomologist.

Early registration is recommended as some classes have limited space. Fee for this workshop is $75. REGISTER 1-WEEK IN ADVANCE & SAVE $10! Register by December 10, 2003 and the fee is $65.

Save even more - register for any 4 Crop Management Winter Programs for $250.

Fees include lunch, refreshment breaks, and all workshop materials. Also included in the registration fee is a course instruction manual which is yours to take home with you. The manuals are an excellent resource guide for use in your profession, CCA test preparation or for general reference.

NU Cooperative Extension, a division of the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, sponsor the training. Register online at http://ardc.unl.edu/registration.htm, call (402)624-8000, fax (402)624-8010, e-mail cdunbar2@unl.edu, or write to NU ARDC, CMDC Programs, 1071 County Road G, Ithaca, Neb. 68033.