Butte Crops Workshop March 28th

The Butte County Extension Office will offer a crops workshop on Monday, March 28th form 9:30 AM until 4:00 PM at the Arco Business Incubation Center. The program will include 4 units of pesticide applicator recertification credit. Cost of the program is $15 and includes lunch. Please RSVP to the Butte County Extension Office at 527-8587 or butte@uidaho.edu

According the Cheyney, the program is to help crop and livestock operators keep up to date on current subjects in their field as well as provide an opportunity for operators with private or commercial applicators license to keep up on their continuing education units.

This year’s program will feature Dr. Juliet Marshal, UI Extension Cereals Specialist, who will discuss disease management in cereals and the ins and outs of current wheat and barley varieties for central and eastern Idaho. Also, straight from the Idaho Alfalfa and Forage Conference, will be Danielle Gunn, extension educator from the Fort Hall Reservation who will discuss those “Furry little Voles” and how to manage them, as well as exotic invasive plants. Extension educator Sarah Baker from Custer county will discuss management of gophers and the management of internal and external parasites of livestock, While Extension educator Chad Cheyney and Butte Weed Superintendent Brad Gamett cover soil sample, identification of obnoxious common weeds, nitrogen management in malting barley.

Butte County 2011 Crops Workshop Monday, MARCH 28th, 2011

Arco Business Incubation Center
Idaho Street
Arco, Idaho
Time Presentation
4 Total Hours of Pesticide Related Presentation

9:30 AM Minutes of Recert Time Registration Chad Cheyney, Butte County Agent

10:00 0 Soil testing, Analysis and Recommendation Chad Cheyney, Butte County Agent

10:45 15 Identification and Management of Current and Threatening Noxious Weed Brad Gamett, Butte County Weed Superintendent / Danielle Gunn Gun, Fort Hall Extension Educator

11:30 15 I Love Those Furry Little Voles (Identification and Management of Voles) Danielle Gunn Gun, Fort Hall Extension Educator

12:15 0 Lunch

13:00 15 Management of Pocket Gophers Sarah Baker, Custer County Extension Educator

13:45 15 Identification of Common Obnoxious Weeds in Crops Brad Gamett, Butte County Weed Superintendent / Chad Cheyney, Butte County Agent

14:15 15 Identification and Management of Internal and External Parasites of Beef Cattle Sarah Baker, Custer County Extension Educator

14:45 15 Disease Management in Cereals Juliet Marshal, UI Cereals Production Specialist

15:30 0 Cereal Varieties for Central Idaho Juliet Marshal, UI Cereals Production Specialist

16:00 0 Nitrogen Mgt for Malting Barley Brad Brown, UI Extension Cereals Production Specialist [Barley Commission Video]