Pesticide Applicator 5 Hr. CEU Program

All TDA Pesticide Applicator license holders who need to obtain CEU’s for their Applicator license need to be at the Decatur Civic Center, Thursday, December 12, 2013.  Participants will receive 5 hours of CEU’s consisting of 1 hour of Laws and Regulations, 1 hour of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and 3 hours of general.  The program will begin at 8:30 a.m. and will run until 3:00 p.m.

This year we will have high quality speakers and diverse topics:

· Brush Management Options for Today’s Times - James Jackson, Extension Program Specialist, Range Management, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension,  Stephenville

· Back to Basics Land Stewardship  - Ricky  Linex- USDA, Natural Resource Conservation Service, Weatherford, TX

· Laws and Regulations -  Henry Krusekopf - Texas Department of Agriculture, Inspector, Dallas

· Resistant Weeds What You Should Know and Why You Should Care -  Todd Baughman, Ph.D.  -  Program Support Leader, Oklahoma State University, Institute for Agricultural Biosciences

· Fundamentals of Lawn Care  -  Hennen Cummings, Ph.D. , Associate Professor and Director of Turfgrass Management, Tarleton State University

The registration fee for the program will be $40, due no later than December 6, 2013.  Lunch included.  Checks need to be payable to: Extension Livestock Committee and sent to Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, 206 S. State Street, Decatur, 76234. 

For more information call the Extension Office at 940-627-3341.  The event is sponsored by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension and Wise County Extension Forage and Livestock Committee.