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 |