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The New Mexico State University Cooperative Extension Service will host a pair of workshops June 6 at the New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum.

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NMSU to host Specialty Crop workshop, Pesticide Applicator training June 6

The New Mexico State University Cooperative Extension Service will host a pair of workshops June 6 at the New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum. The Specialty Crop workshop will discuss crops such as lavender, yellowhorn, tomatoes, pomegranates, pistachios, figs and soil health basics. The Pesticide Applicator training will be an opportunity for active New Mexico Department of Agriculture pesticide license holders to earn continuing education units.

Source: NMSU News Release
DATE: May 13, 2024
WRITER: Taeya M. Padilla, 575-646-3221, taeyap@nmsu.edu
CONTACT: Jeffrey Anderson, 575-525-6649, lantz@nmsu.edu
CONTACT: Phillip Lujan, 575-646-1822, pl11@nmsu.edu

Each workshop costs $50 per person if registered by May 31, and $75 per person for late or on-site registration. To register, visit https://pesticide.nmsu.edu/.

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 Extension ag agent; yellowhorn from Jeff Anderson, Doña Ana County Extension horticultural agent; tomatoes from Stephanie Walker, NMSU associate professor and Extension vegetable specialist; pomegranates from ML Robinson, University of Nevada, Reno Extension professor, pistachios from Richard Heerema, Extension pecan and pistachio specialist; and figs from Robinson and Anderson. 

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, NMDA program manager; and beneficial insects from Joanie King, Extension entomology specialist.

For more information, contact Anderson at lantz@nmsu.edu or 575-525-6649 or Lujan at pl11@nmsu.edu or 575-646-1822 or visit https://pesticide.nmsu.edu/documents/psepcrop-flyer24.pdf.

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