Event offers Texas Department of Agriculture and Structural Pest Control Service continuing education units
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will host the East Region Texas A&M AgriLife Conference and Expo on Jan. 16 in Tyler.
The event will take place from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Cross Brand Cowboy Church, 11915 Farm-to-Market Road 2015. Texas Department of Agriculture and Structural Pest Control Service continuing education units will be available.
Online registration is available at https://tx.ag/ERAgConference for $10 until Jan. 15 at noon. On-site registration is available for $20.
On the agenda
Topics and speakers include:
- Termite identification and control — Janet Hurley, AgriLife Extension senior program specialist, School Integrated Pest Management, Texas A&M Department of Entomology, Dallas.
- Pest identification and control using integrated pest management strategies — Jacob Wightman, AgriLife Extension agricultural and environmental safety program specialist, Agricultural and Environmental Safety Unit, Bryan-College Station.
- Pesticide laws and regulations update — Wightman.
- Pesticide safety — Mark Matocha, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension environmental unit pesticide safety education specialist, Agricultural and Environmental Safety Unit, Bryan-College Station.
- Spray drift management — Matocha.
- Water x weeds: An approach to integrated weed management — Greg Grant, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension horticulture agent, Smith County.
- Weed identification and control in an East Texas forage system — Vanessa Corriher Olson, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension forage specialist, professor, Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Overton.
- Turfgrass diseases — Grant.
Available CEUs
Five Texas Department of Agriculture CEUs will be offered, including two general and one each of laws and regulations, integrated pest management, and drift minimization.
Six Structural Pest Control Services CEUs will be offered – two general and one each of termite, pest, weed control, and lawn and ornamental.
