The New Mexico State University Cooperative Extension Service will host two workshops on October 3 at the New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum. The Specialty Crop workshop will cover a variety of crops including lavender, yellowhorn, pomegranates, pistachios, figs, and basics of soil health. The Pesticide Applicator training will offer continuing education units for both current pesticide license holders and those seeking to obtain their license.
Each workshop is $50 per person if registered by September 26, and $75 per person for late or on-site registration. To register, visit https://ezregister.com/register/order/40325/0/4028d998ba201ad47ab051ed07371d187cc10937/.
The Specialty Crop workshop will include sessions on soil health from John Idowu, NMSU specialist and Extension agronomist; lavender from John Garlisch, Bernalillo County Extension program director and ag agent; yellowhorn from Jeff Anderson, Doña Ana County Extension horticultural agent; pomegranates from ML Robinson, Extension horticulture specialist and professor at University of Nevada-Reno; pistachios from Richard Heerema, Extension pecan and pistachio specialist; and figs from Anderson and Robinson.
NMSU’s pesticide applicators can earn five CEUs by attending the training. Topics that will be discussed include pesticides in aquatic systems from Rossana Sallenave, Extension aquatic ecology specialist; top 10 tree diseases and disorders in southern New Mexico from Phillip Lujan, Extension plant pathology specialist; weed management in urban landscapes from Leslie Beck, Extension weed specialist; New Mexico pesticide update from Erica Millette, New Mexico Department of Agriculture program manager; and beneficial insects from Joanie King, Extension entomology specialist.
For more information and to register, visit https://pesticide.nmsu.edu/.