UF/IFAS Okeechobee County Extension Service

458 Highway 98 North

Okeechobee, FL 34972-2578

Phone: (863) 763-6469

E- mail: okeechobee@ifas.ufl.edu  

February 4, 2010

Public Service Announcement - for release February 7, 2010 

Dan Culbert - Extension Horticulture Agent  

Pesticide Applicators:

Do You need to renew?

 Pesticide applicators that need to renew their licenses may be interested in registering for a FREE class to be offered at the Okeechobee County Extension office.   The class will be held at the UF/IFAS MFREC in Apopka, but will be able to be viewed here in Okeechobee using an Internet-based conference system (Polycom).  Training time will be from 8:30 AM to 4 PM on Tuesday March 30, 2010.

Current applicators that hold valid licensees may earn up to 6 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) in several different pesticide license categories including aquatic weeds, tree crop, row crop, ornamental and turf, pest control operator (lawn and ornamental), and limited certificates for landscaping professionals.

Statewide experts from UF will be presenting information on herbicides used in agricultural and natural area management situations.  Specific topics will include how herbicides work, plant anatomy, new herbicides, managing herbicide resistance, new weeds, biocontrol, herbicide selection and minimizing non‐target herbicide effects.

Attendance is limited to the first 30 persons who register. Please contact Extension secretary Monica Markham by calling 763-6469 or sending an email to Extension agent Dan Culbert indianco@ufl.edu, giving your name, address, telephone and license number. 

Persons who do not have licenses may contact this office to learn about other programs available to obtain a Florida Pesticide applicator license.  

For more information, contact the Okeechobee Extension office at 863-763-6469.  A flyer with more complete information about this program is available on the Okeechobee web page, http://okeechobee.ifas.ufl.edu.  Local residents can stop by our office at 458 Hwy 98 North in Okeechobee.  Go Gators!

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