The Farmer's Weblog

Tuesday, August 12, 2003

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

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

August 19, 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, 2003 Water BMP Program Information Workshop (An Alternative Water Conservation Program for Irrigated Agriculture) Estrella Mountain Community College, Avondale, AZ. 9:00-11:00 a.m. For more information contact the Arizona Department of Water Resources 1-800-352-8488.

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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2003 University of Arizona Cotton Report
The publication of the 2003 University of Arizona Cotton Report is intended to provide new information and technology that can contribute to the improvement of irrigated cotton production systems in Arizona and the desert Southwest.
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Arizona Weeds
***The Second Annual Arizona Weed Contest and Training Symposium (see Events below) is taking place at the Maricopa Ag. Center this Wednesday!  This event includes items such as weed identification, herbicide identification by symptom, simulated production problems, and equipment calibration. For more information contact Pat Clay pclay@ag.arizona.edu. 602-470-8806 ext. 313.

***A new Arizona weed photo library has been added to ACIS! You can view it at http://ag.arizona.edu/crops/images/database/weeds/weedphotos.html You can also reach it from the main "Weed" page and any of the crops' weed pages.
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