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Tuesday, July 1, 2003

Arizona Crop Information Site (ACIS) Update -- All the NEW reports
***The University of Arizona's 2003 Cotton Report is now on-line.  This report presents the results of the latest research being conducted on cotton at the U of A. You can find reports on all commodities (from 1998 on) at http://ag.arizona.edu/crops/research/reports.html

***You can find the latest Cotton Advisory on ACIS at http://ag.arizona.edu/crops/counties/all/advisories.html

***The June 30, 2003 Yuma Alfalfa Report can be found at http://ag.arizona.edu/crops/counties/yuma/alfalfareports/alfalfareports.html

***A special Pest Management edition of the Yuma County Farm Notes is up on ACIS http://ag.arizona.edu/crops/counties/yuma/farmnotes/farmnotes.html (an additional article by Mike Matheron, plant pathologist, will be posted in a few days)

***If you find yourself dazed and confused when trying to navigate through the wealth of information on ACIS you can now use our site map at http://ag.arizona.edu/crops/sitemap.html (or click the button on the home page) to get where you're going

***An herbicide symptom key can now be found on ACIS at http://ag.arizona.edu/crops/weeds/herbicidesymptkey.html

***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.

***Events coming up: ( http://ag.arizona.edu/crops/counties/all/events.html )

*July 31, 2003 Summer Cotton Workshop Graham County. For more information contact the Graham County Cooperative Extension Office at (928) 428-2611. Randy Norton, rnorton@ag.arizona.edu Extension Agent, Field Crops *August 13, 2003 Weed Contest & Training (University of AZ) Maricopa Agricultural Center 37860 W. Smith-Enke Road Maricopa, AZ. 6 CEU Credits will be applied for/AZ and CA. For more information contact Pat Clay pclay@ag.arizona.edu. *August 15, 2003 Pre-Season Vegetable Workshop For more information contact the Yuma County Cooperative Extension Office (928) 726-3904. Mohammed Zerkoune, zerkoune@ag.arizona.edu Extension Agent, Agriculture. *August 19, 2003 Ranching With Drought: How to Handle Risk in the Livestock Industry Benson, AZ. For more information contact Kim McReynolds kimm@ag.arizona.edu (520) 384-3594 and/or Dean Fish dfish@ag.arizona.edu (520) 281-2994. *August 20, 2003 Hands-on Computer Applications Workshop for Crops Graham County. For more information contact the Graham County Cooperative Extension Office at (928) 428-2611. Randy Norton, rnorton@ag.arizona.edu Extension Agent, Field Crops *August 26, 2003 Hands-on Computer Applications Workshop for Crops Parker, AZ.For more information contact the La Paz County Cooperative Extension Office (928) 669-9843. Eric Norton, enorton@ag.arizona.edu Extension Agent, Field Crops. *August 27-28, 2003 Invasive Weed School (University of AZ) (PDF file, 111KB), 10th Annual Maricopa County Summer Short Course, University of Arizona Maricopa County Cooperative Extension office, 4341 E. Broadway, Phoenix, AZ, 602-470-8086. CEUs offered. 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.
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