2013 MSU Extension Crop and Pest Management School
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