UNL Crop Scout Training March 16
February 11, 2009 Crop scouts will learn how to better manage corn and soybean pests during a UNL Extension Crop Scout Training for Pest Managers program March 16.
The training provides in-depth and detailed information from university specialists and private industry representatives.
Registration begins at 8:30 a.m., and the workshop is from 9 a.m to 5 p.m at the university's Agricultural Research and Development Center near Mead.
Cost is $95 and includes lunch, refreshment breaks, workshop materials, and instruction manual. Registrants should preregister to reserve their seat and to ensure workshop materials are available the day of the training session. Updated reference materials are included in this year=s take home instruction manual.
Topics include: how corn and soybean plants grow and develop; soybean and corn pests; insects and crop diseases; plant morphology; using a key to identify weed seedlings; identifying weeds; and nutrient deficiencies.
Certified Crop Advisor continuing education credits are available, with 4 in pest management, 1 in crop management and 0.5 in fertility/nutrient management.For more information or to register, contact UNL Extension at (402) 624-8030, (800) 529-8030, e-mail Keith Glewen at kglewen1@unl.edu, or visit the Web site at http://ardc.unl.edu/training.shtml.
UNL Extension is in the university's Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
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