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Press Release:

Register

now

for

the

Crop

and

Pest

Management

School

held

at

Montana

State

University

January

2-­‐4,

2013.

The

2

½

day

workshop

will

focus

on

small

grains,

with

guest

speaker

Dr.

Tim

Murray,

Professor

and

Chair

of

the

Washington

State

University

Department

of

Plant

Pathology,

talking

about

cereal

diseases.

Dr.

Murray

has

twenty

years

of

experience

researching

small

cereal

grain

pathology

and

an

extensive

publication

record

on

that

subject.

Dr.

Héctor

Cárcamo,

Research

Scientist

with

Agriculture

Canada

in

Lethbridge

Alberta

will

speak

on

the

use

of

trap

crops

in

IPM

and

Dr.

Brett

Allen,

USDA

Research

Agronomist

from

Sidney

MT

will

talk

about

dryland

cropping

systems.

In

addition,

twelve

MSU

staff

from

four

departments

will

cover

topics

in

weed,

disease,

insect

and

nutrient

management

as

well

as

wheat

breeding.

A

registration

fee

of

$195

provides

workshop

supplies,

morning

and

afternoon

refreshments,

parking

and

the

traditional

pizza

dinner

at

Colombo’s.

Crop

consulting

(CCA),

private

pesticide

applicator

and

commercial/government

pesticide

applicator

credits

will

be

available.

The

schedule

that

includes

instructions

for

registration

can

be

found HERE.

For

more

information

contact

Kevin

Wanner,

kwanner@montana.edu

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