Maine Farm Days Workshops for Pesticide Credits, University of Maine Cooperative Extension

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University of Maine Cooperative Extension
5741 Libby Hall
Orono, ME 04469-5741
(207) 581-3188
1-800-287-0274 (in Maine)
TDD: 1-800-287-8957 (in Maine)
FAX: (207) 581-1387
E-Mail: www-questions@umext.maine.edu

If you are a person with a disability and will need any accommodations to participate in this program, please contact the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Cumberland County office at at 1-800-287-1471 (in Maine) to discuss your needs. Please contact us at least 10 days prior to this event to assure fullest possible attention to your needs.

Maine Farm Days 2008
Workshops for Pesticide Credits

Friday, August 15, 2008
Misty Meadows Farm, Hill Road, Clinton, Maine

A pre-Farm Days exercise is worth one credit to individuals who successfully complete the task on their own farm/operation. Participants receive one (1) re-certification credit per workshop (schedule below).

Farmers, growers, and applicators: complete our questionnaire and bring it with you to the event for approval/authorization. The necessary paperwork will be submitted to the Board of Pesticides Control for the appropriate credit.

Schedule

10:00 - 11:00 AM
Weed Identification with Caragh Fitzgerald, Extension Educator, Kennebec County, University of Maine Cooperative Extension

11:10-12:10 noon AM
Selecting Corn Varieties Including Bt Corn with Rick Kersbergen, Extension Educator, Waldo County, University of Maine Cooperative Extension

12:30 - 1:30 PM
Insect Identification Exercise with Clay Kirby, Extension Pest Management Entomologist, University of Maine Cooperative Extension

1:40 - 2:40 PM
Size Matters – When it Comes to Poisons with Lebelle Hicks, Toxicologist, Maine Board of Pesticides Control

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