Pesticide Disposal Program

If you wanted to take advantage of the Idaho Department of Agriculture's pesticide disposal program in Eastern Idaho, you have "missed the boat".  But there are still four opportunities to get rid of unwanted pesticides in a safe way.

Burley              September 29th  BLM Burley Field Office,    3630 Overland
Twin Falls        September 30th  Twin Falls Canal Company, 357 6th Avenue
Gooding           October 1          Gooding Airport,                 1945 Airport Road

Collections are 9 AM to 1 PM each day.

Please check with the local ISDA field office or the state office at 208-332-8628 to confirm the pickup or for additional information.  You can also find out more about the program at www.agri.idaho.gov.

Range Monitoring Workshop September 18th

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The agenda is approximately as follows:

9:00     Welcome, introductions, pre-test

9:15     Intro to Range Monitoring (classroom presentation with terms, methods)

10:15   Break

10:30   Travel to field sites and field exercises (please carpool)

12:30   Lunch (guaranteed to RSVP’ed participants)

1:30     Travel back to classroom 

2:30     Classroom time for photo critiques and carrying capacity calculations

3:30     Post test, Evaluations

4:00     Adjourn

Clover Root Curculio Is an Increasing Reason for Stand Loss in Alfalfa

Clover root curculio is being identified more often in the Pacific Northwest as a cause of early stand loss and reduced vigor in alfalfa stands.  These insects are related to alfalfa weevil, but attack the plant in a different way.  Now Erik Wenniger and Glenn Shewmaker have put together a publication describing the pest.

"Clover Root Curculio in Alfalfa: Identification, biology and management" is now available as PNW663.  The publication described the insect, damage and suggested practices for control.  It is available only on line at http://www.cals.uidaho.edu/edComm/pdf/PNW/PNW663.pdf .