The Pridgeon Community Center in Franklin will be the location of a Pasture and Ranch Management Seminar to be held on Monday, October, 31st. Registration will begin at 7:00am with the program slated to begin at 7:30am. The program will conclude at 3:00pm. The address for the Community Center is 351 Cooks Lane, Franklin, Texas.
The seminar will offer seven hours of CEU’s for the private applicator license and certificate holders. It has also been approved for commercial/non-commercial license holders to receive all needed hours to renew their license. The approved hours will include three hours in the General category, two hours in the Laws and Regulations category, one hour in the Drift category and one hour in the IPM category. The first five hours will satisfy requirements for Commercial License Holders.
Speakers and topics will include: “Review of Current Laws & Regulations” –Dr. Shane McLellan; “Feral Hog Control: What is legal & What is not” –Dr. Jim Cathey; “Controlling Herbicide Drift” –Mr. Edward Schneider; “Mosquito’s & the Zika Virus” –Dr. Sonja Swiger; “Range & Pasture Weed ID and Control” –Dr. Barron Rector; “Managing External Parasites as Part of a Beef Cattle Management Program” –Dr. Jason Cleere.
An eight hour CEU program will also be offered on Thursday, December 8th. It will be set-up much like the October 31st program. If you attend both programs, you will receive fifteen hours credit with all required hours included. These fifteen hours will satisfy all TDA requirements for private applicators to renew their license. The first five hours of the December program will also contain all hours needed to renew a commercial license.
Please call 979-828-4270 and let us know if you are planning to attend or if you have any questions. A registration fee of $50.00 will be charged. This fee offsets the cost of a catered lunch, refreshments, and printed materials handed out at the program. Pre-registration is important for an accurate meal count and to assure we have sufficient printed material. You may also want to check out our Facebook page “Robertson County Agricultural News and Events” or our web site robertson.agrilife.org
