“What’s Legal and What’s Not — Methods for controlling Buzzards, Coyotes and Feral Hogs,” will be one of the topics at the First Chance CEU Program March 7 in Kaufman. (Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service photo by Robert Burns)
Writer: Robert Burns, 903-834-6191, rd-burns@tamu.edu
KAUFMAN – The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service in Kaufman County will present the “First Chance CEU Program” from noon to 6 p.m. March 7 at the First Baptist Church Fellowship Hall, 302 S. Washington St., in Kaufman.
Holders of Texas Department of Agriculture private pesticide applicator licenses can earn five continuing education units during the training, two in the general category, two in integrated pest management and one in laws and regulations, said Ralph Davis, AgriLife Extension agent for agriculture and natural resources in Kaufman County.
Registration is $15 at the door, and includes light snacks.
“We used to call our February training the ‘Last Chance CEU Program’ because all TDA licenses used to expire on Feb. 28,” Davis said. “Nowadays, licenses expire a year from being issued, so our Kaufman Livestock and Forage Committee changed it to ‘First Chance.’”
Davis noted that for some, the February training may be the last chance to get their continuing education units, and advised them to check the expiration date on their licenses.
He also noted that participants should bring their pesticide license or pesticide number. By new Texas Department of Agriculture rules, driver license numbers will no longer be accepted in order to register continuing education units.
Registration will start at noon, with the formal programming beginning at 1 p.m.
Topics and speakers include: Weed and Brush Control, David Stichler, DuPont Crop Protection; Forage Recovery, Pasture Restocking and Weed Management, Dr. Vanessa Corriher-Olson, AgriLife Extension forage specialist, Overton; Grassbur Control — Pre-emergent, Post-emergent and the Alternatives, Corriher-Olson; Insect Management for Forages, Dr. Sonja L. Swiger, AgriLife Extension livestock veterinary entomologist, Stephenville; and What’s Legal and What’s Not — Methods for controlling Buzzards, Coyotes and Feral Hogs, Tyler Sibley, Texas Wildlife Services.
For more information, call the AgriLife Extension office in Kaufman County at 972-932-9069.
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