HAVRE, Mont. (NMB) – The Montana State University Pesticide Education Program is offering a free pest management tour for pesticide applicators at eight locations across north-central Montana next week.
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, events will look slightly different this year. Participants may choose to meet at various in-person locations to watch speakers deliver webinars. County agents will be on site to facilitate the events and answer questions regarding credits, assist with sign in and more. To prevent the spread of COVID-19, and in line with the state executive order, attendees should be prepared to socially distance and wear masks if there are more than four active COVID-19 cases in the county, unless claiming an exemption.
Hill County MSU-Extension Agent Tom Allen says the tour stop in Havre will take place on October 6th at the 4-H Chuckwagon.
“It’s going to be all virtual…We just put in a new projector and screen and speaker system and everything into the Chuckwagon up there. So it should be good for the program. It’s all going to be speakers out of Bozeman and virtually done. This program will also be going on at the same time in Fort Benton, Harlem and Chester. So for area people, you don’t have to come to Havre.”
Private applicators can attend morning or afternoon sessions for three credits, or both sessions for six credits.
Speakers will present on a variety of topics, including managing rodents; alfalfa weevil management; managing leafy spurge; plant disease; diagnosing non-target herbicide injury; managing weeds with pulses in rotations; and identifying drift and mitigation strategies. Presentations vary by location.
A tour schedule and additional information is available at the MSU-Extension website.
To register, contact the county extension office in your area.
