The University of Wisconsin-River Falls, UW-Extension and the Integrated Pest Management Program are co-sponsoring the IPM Field Scout Training Class which will be held on the UW-River Falls campus, March 27-28, 2013. This training session will provide instruction on several pest and nutrient management topics (pest identification, life cycle, damage symptoms, economic thresholds and scouting techniques for insects, weeds, plant pathogens, herbicide injury and nutrient deficiency symptoms for corn, alfalfa, soybean and wheat, soil sampling, plant tissue testing).
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CCA Credits approval has been granted for 11.5 credits in Pest Management and 2.0 credits in Nutrient Management.
The class has a $50 student registration fee. Non-student registration fee is $100/person. The fee covers the cost of the training and the Field Crop Scout Training Manual.
To register online using a credit card: https://www.patstore.wisc.edu/ipm/register.asp
To register by check, send name, phone number, address and/or email address and a check payable to UW-Extension to:
Bryan Jensen
Dept. of Entomology
1630 Linden Drive
Madison, WI 53706.
For more information call Bryan Jensen at (608) 263-4073 or email at bmjense1@facstaff.wisc.edu