AGITC Classes and Announcements
Greetings!
Happy New Year! The busy training season has started right out the first week of January with teaching a pesticide points class and exam review class on location for a local company! Plan on investing in your professional development by attending continuing education opportunities provided by Alabama Extension, the Alabama Nursery and Landscape Association and the Alabama Turfgrass Association.
The exam review classes for January and February are posted on the www.agitc.org website. If you need a license, check into signing-up for a class. Some of the classes will continue our 2023-2024 USDA grant project with the Auburn University Horticulture Department. They offer a reduced class fee with lunch provided and are marked with the promo code.
If you are planning on visiting the Gulf States Horticultural Expo, it would be a good time to get the exam review class for OTPS out of the way and even take the exam on that Friday! (Other ADAI Professional Services category exams also offered that day.) Also, look for the ATA Road Show Series coming to a location near you for a local points opportunity! Check for links in this newsletter in the Table of Contents to the left.
The AGITC is focused on helping you achieve your goals! Reach out to me to see how the AGITC and Alabama Extension can assist in that process!
Take care,
John
2024 Event Dates:
Jan. 10 - Loxley
Jan. 17 - Dothan
Feb. 7 - Montgomery
Feb. 21 - Gardendale
Feb. 28 - Huntsville
Join the Alabama Turfgrass Association all across Alabama this winter for our popular Road Show
Seminars. We are offering five educational sessions on the most current topics in Turfgrass
management by the industry's top researchers and professors. Plus you will pesticide
recertification points as well as other CEU's. There is sure to be a seminar near you!
Suppliers, we will offer an opportunity to showcase your company and products at the Road Show
seminars. Tabletop exhibits will be available but space is limited.
Bring your entire crew for an economical, full-day of education on the most common turfgrass
topics. Registration includes the sessions, handouts, breaks and lunch. We look forward to seeing you there!
2024 Northeast Alabama Chemical Applicators Workshop - January 23, 2024
A Chemical Applicators Workshop for professionals will be hosted by the Jackson County Master Gardeners and Alabama Extension Jackson County on January 23, 2024.
Location:
First United Methodist Church
1105 South Broad Street
Scottsboro, AL 35768.
Cost:
The registration fee of $50.00 per participant must be postmarked by January 16, 2024.
Download pdf form below in order to complete and mail in for registration.
Thereafter, a fee of $75.00 will be charged depending on availability.
If you are registering for a company, please insure that each attendee submits a separate registration form. A 10% discount will be given for 3 or more registrants from the same company when you preregister.
Agenda approved by ADAI for 10 points in OTPS/OTPC, D&R, REG.
8:30 am Registration/Welcome
9:00 am Recordkeeping for Pesticide Applicators
Matt Webb, Extension Coordinator, Jackson County
9:30 am Pesticide Safety Considerations
Brian Brown, REA, Home Grounds, Gardens and Home Pests
10:30 am Basic Turf Management – Types, Pests and Weeds
Eric Schavey, REA, Commercial Horticulture
11:30 am Lunch – Jackson County Master Gardeners
12:15 pm Landscape and Irrigation Equipment: Dos and Don’ts
Brian Brown and Eric Schavey
1:15 pm Ornamental Integrated Pesticide Management (IPM) Strategies
Lilly Oaks, REA, Home Grounds, Gardens and Home Pests
2:15 pm Controlling Wildlife Pests
Norm Haley, REA, Forestry, Wildlife and Natural Resources
3:15 pm Evaluations and Conclusion
