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 (Deming) – A pesticide applicator  workshop is being offered
in Deming next month.

The workshop, being  offered through the Luna County Cooperative Extension Service office, will take place Tuesday, December 18th, at 9 a.m. at the La Fonda  Restaurant.

Topics to be covered  are diseases in New Mexico vegetables, pecan pests, diseases and disorders,  insect issues seen at NMSU labs this year, managing for herbicide failure, soil 
fumigation recordkeeping requirements, and K-Pam usage with vegetables.  
 
Presenters include specialists from the New Mexico Cooperative Extension Service, New Mexico State University, State Department of Agriculture and Amvac Chemical Corporation.

The workshop cost is $20 which includes lunch.  Attendees  must RSVP with reservation fee by Monday, December 17th, either by  mail or in person at the Luna County Extension Office, 210-B Poplar Street in  Deming.

Five continuing education units will be awarded to attendees.

At 3 p.m., following the workshops, an NMDA official will administer the private Pesticide 
applicators test.  There will be an  additional $15 fee for the test.

For more information, contact Luna County Extension Agent Jack Blandford at 546-8806.

 


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