The Farmer's Weblog

Wednesday, June 4, 2003

Weeds
*August 13, 2003 Weed Day (University of AZ) Maricopa Agricultural Center 37860 W. Smith-Enke Road Maricopa, AZ. For more information contact Pat Clay pclay@ag.arizona.edu.

*August 27-28, 2003 Invasive Weed School (University of AZ) (PDF file), 10th Annual Maricopa County Summer Short Course, University of Arizona Maricopa County Cooperative Extension office, 4341 E. Broadway, Phoenix, AZ, 602-470-8086. CEUs applied for. Registration will be limited and there will be a fee. For more information contact Kai Umeda (ext. 314) kumeda@ag.arizona.edu or Pat Clay (ext. 313) pclay@ag.arizona.edu. Agenda (PDF file) at: http://ag.arizona.edu/crops/counties/all/meetings/2003/shortcourse082703.pdf
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Pesticide News
The Pesticide News page on ACIS contains information on issues such as the EPA's revised risk assessment for carbaryl and the EPA's solicitation for applications for the Critical Use Exemption from the phaseout of methyl bromide. Check it out at: http://ag.arizona.edu/crops/pesticides/pesticidenews.html
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Arizona Cotton Advisory
You can find the latest Cotton Advisory on ACIS at http://ag.arizona.edu/crops/counties/all/advisories.html
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Cross-Commodity Guidelines for Neonicotinoid Insecticides in Arizona
The final version of the Cross-Commodity Guidelines for Neonicotinoid Insecticides in Arizona (PDF file, 175KB) bulletin is available on ACIS at http://ag.arizona.edu/pubs/insects/az1319.pdf Printed copies of this bulletin are available from your county extension office, Peter Ellsworth or John Palumbo.
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