Cereal and Alfalfa Pest Management Workshop March 26th in Arco

The  University of Idaho Extension will be offering a great workshop on cereal and alfalfa pest management workshop on Thursday, March 26th, in Arco at the Arco-Butte Business Incubation Center at 159, North Idaho Street.  

We will be covering a number of pest management issues pertinent to high altitude forage and cereal operators.  We will also look as some issues that were a problem to some folks last year or may be important to operators related to conservation stewardship program.

Pest Management in Cereals and Alfalfa
(and a few other issues.)

Thursday, March 26^th

Arco-Butte Business Incubation Center

159 North Idaho Street, Arco, Idaho

Cost: $15, includes lunch and all materials

4 Pesticide Re-certification Credits in time for March 30 renewal!

Please call 527-8587 or email butte@uidaho.edu if you are planning to attend.

Agenda

8:30                                      Registration and Refreshments

9:15                                      Welcome/Logistics, Chad Cheyney, Extension Educators Butte County

9:05                                      Soil Sampling, Analysis and Interpretation, Chad Cheyney, Butte County Extension Educator

9:45                                      Cereal Disease Management, Dr. Juliet Marshall, Extension Cereals Specialist, Idaho Falls R&E Center

10:30                                   Break

10:45                                   Cereal Insect Management, Dr. Arash Rashed, Extension Entomologist, Aberdeen R&E Center

11:30                                   What is Falling Number and Why is it Important, Dr. Juliet Marshal, Extension Cereal Specialist, Idaho Falls R&E Center

12: 00                                  Lunch

12:30                                   Hands on Weed Seedling Identification, Dr. Don Morishita, Extension Weed Specialist, Kimberly R&E Center

13:30                                   Insect Management in Alfalfa, Dr. Erik Wenninger, Research Entomologist, Kimberley, R&E Center

14:00                                   Break

14:15                                   Herbicide Resistant and its Management, Dr. Don Morishita, Extension Weed Specialist, Kimberly R&E Center

14:45                                   Carryover and Stewardship of Picolinic Acid Herbicides, Chad Cheyney, Extension Educator, Butte County

15:15                                   Wrap-up and issue re-certification stickers

15:30                                   Adjourn

For more information call Chad at 208-527-8587 or email at ccheyney@uidaho.edu.

“The University of Idaho does not discriminate in education or employment on the basis of human differences, as required by state and federal laws.”   Anyone attending this program that requires auxiliary aids or services should contact Marcia Burt at PO Box 832, Arco, ID  83213, 208-527-8587, butte@uidaho.edu,  at least two weeks prior to the event.