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CCA credit opportunity on June 28
Certified crop advisers (CCAs) can earn 5 hours of credit, including 2 hours in soil and water management, by attending a special CCA morning session and afternoon field day tour at the Southeast Iowa Research and Demonstration Farm near Crawfordsville on June 28
Commercial Pesticide Applicator Test Help Session
All commercial pesticide applicators must take exams in order to become initially certified and some choose to become re-certified by exam rather than by attending continuing instructional courses. With the increased interest in applying fungicides on corn and soybeans many commercial applicators are considering adding agricultural diseases (category 1C) to their certification
CCA Credit Opportunity on June 24
Certified crop advisers (CCAs) can earn five hours of credit – three hours in soil and water management, one in pest management, 0.5 each in crop management and nutrient management – by attending a special CCA morning session and the Southeast Iowa Research and Demonstration Farm spring field day tour June 24. The morning session and field day will be at the ISU research farm near Crawfordsville
CCA credit opportunity--June 21
Certified crop advisers (CCAs) can earn 5 hours of credit (2 hours in soil and water management, 1 in crop production, and 2 in pest management) by attending a special CCA morning session and afternoon field day tour at the Southeast Iowa Research and Demonstration Farm near Crawfordsville on June 21
Soil and water CCA credit opportunity at Tile Installation Field Day--July 12
Certified crop advisers (CCAs) can obtain 3 hours of credit in soil and water management by attending a special session at the Tile Installation Field Day at the Southeast Iowa Research and Demonstration Farm near Crawfordsville on July 12. The Tile Installation Field Day will run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and will include the opportunity to see tiling machines in operation in the field as well as educational and commercial exhibits. The CCA session will begin at 11 a.m. with a viewing of trenching and plowing tiling machines in operation
Commercial Pesticide Applicator Test Help Sessions
All commercial pesticide applicators must take exams in order to become initially certified and some choose to become re-certified by exam rather than by attending continuing instructional courses. With the arrival of Asian soybean rust in this country, many commercial applicators are considering adding agricultural diseases (category 1C) to their certification so that they can apply fungicides
Commercial pesticide applicator training
All commercial pesticide applicators must take exams in order to become initially certified, and some choose to become recertified by exam rather than by attending continuing instructional courses. With the arrival of Asian soybean rust in this country, many commercial applicators are considering adding agricultural diseases (category 1C) to their certification so that they can apply fungicides. Two training sessions designed to help prepare individuals for the commercial pesticide applicator examinations will be offered in southeast Iowa
CCA Credit Opportunity—June 27
Certified crop advisers (CCAs) can earn five hours of credit (3.0 hours in soil and water management, 1.0 in crop management, 0.5 in pest management and 0.5 in nutrient management) by attending a special CCA morning session, followed by the afternoon spring field day tour at the Southeast Iowa Research and Demonstration Farm near Crawfordsville on June 27
Attend the winter Crop Advantage Series
Crop producers and agribusiness personnel are invited to attend the Iowa State University Extension Crop Advantage Series to be presented at 11 locations around the state in January and February 2002. This series of conferences will emphasize how the 2001 crop problems will influence pest management and other decisions in 2002, as well as the latest integrated crop management technology. All of the events will feature Mike Duffy (Department of Economics, ISU) on The New Farm Bill and the Changing Structure of Agriculture, and Elwynn Taylor (Department of Agronomy, ISU) on Managing Weather Risk for Production and Marketing
Agricultural chemical dealers: Shifting from selling products to services
The East Central Iowa Education Team worked with agricultural chemical and fertilizer dealers to help them shift from selling chemical products to selling services that will make their clients better informed and more effective farm managers
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