District 8 Farm and Ranch Seminar
December 10, 2015
MCC Emergency Services Center
7601 Steinbeck Bend Road, Waco
8 CEU’s: 5 Gen-1 L&R-2 IPM

7:30-8:30 Local Laws and Regulation related to Pesticide Applicators
Dr. Shane McLellan, McLennan County Extension Ag Agent

8:30-9:30 Forage Pest Management
Dr. Sonja Swiger, Asst. Professor and Extension Entomologist

9:30-10:30 Riparian Watershed Management
Ricky Linex, Natural Resource and Conservation Service Wildlife Biologist

10:30 – 11:30 Protecting our Pollinators
Mark Dykes, Chief Apiary Inspector, Texas Apiary Inspection Service

** Meal **

12:00-1:00 Tree and Turf Disease
Dr. Kevin Ong, Associate Professor & Director of the Texas Plant Disease Diagnostics Lab

1:00-2:00 Range and Pasture Health Conditions
Dr. Larry Redmon, Professor and State Extension Specialist

2:00-3:00 Controlling Weeds and Brush with Prescribed Burning
Dr. Morgan Russell, Assistant Professor & Extension Range Specialist

3:00-4:00 Brush Control Technologies
Dr. Megan Clayton, Assistant Professor& Extension Range Specialist

“Must Call McLennan County Extension Office to RSVP by Dec 7”

(254)757-5180

$50 registration

Checks payable to: Program Development Fund
Mail checks to 420 North 6th Street, Waco Texas 76701

Licensed Private Applicators must obtain 15 hours of CEU’s every five years to renew/recertify their license. These hours must be from 2 hours of Laws and Regulations, 2 hours of Integrated Pest Management (IPM), and any mix of these and General hours to equal the required 15 hours of CEU’s. Licensed commercial and non‐commercial applicators are required to recertify every year by obtaining five continuing education credits; with one credit each from two of the following categories: laws and regulations, integrated pest management or drift minimization