2025 Crop Pest Management School

Join us for The K-State Crop Pest Management Schools! The Crop Pest Management Schools are for commercial applicators, farmers and certified crop advisors. They are focused on weed, insect and disease management, weather influences on applications and pesticide application methods for northwest and north central Kansas.

December 9 - Colby at City Limits Convention Center

December 10 - Hays at K-State Western Kansas Research Center (auditorium)

Registration (available online)

Continuing Education Credits

Schedule (now posted)

For 1A commercial applicators, there will be 7 credits and 1 core hour offered. For certified crop advisors (CCAs), there will be 8 pest management credits offered.

If you have questions, please call the office at 785-462-6281 or email Jeanne at jfalkjones@k-state.edu

Registration and Payment

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Cost to attend:

$50 - if registered by December 2

$75 - if registered after December 2 and at the door

Please call us with any registration questions at 785-462-6281.

If registering at the door, cash and checks will be accepted. We are unable to accept credit/debit cards at the door.

No refunds will be given. If inclement weather occurs, the program will be held at a later date in an online format.

Continuing Education Credits

1A Commercial Applicator: 7 credits and 1 core hr

Certified Crop Advisor (CCA): 8 pest management credits

These credits have been applied for.

Schedule

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The same schedule is followed at both locations.

7:45-8:05	Registration & Welcome
8:15	Navigating the Weather Chip Redmond, K-State Meteorologist and Weather Data Library/Mesonet Manager
9:10	Water Quality, Spray Mixtures and Weed Control Jeremie Kouame, K-State Weed Scientist at Hays
10:05	Break
10:20	Is It Viral? Wheat Diseases to Watch for Next Spring Kelsey Andersen Onofre, K-State Wheat Pathologist Jeanne Falk Jones, K-State Northwest Area Agronomist
11:15	Herbicides and Dry Environments and Label Updates Sarah Lancaster, K-State Extension Weed Scientist
12:10	Lunch
12:50	Making Pest Management Decisions K-State Northwest Extension Agents
1:45	Fall Armyworms, Grasshoppers and Other Pests to Scout Anthony Zukoff, K-State Entomologist at Garden City
2:40	Break
2:55	The Label Game Sarah Lancaster, K-State Extension Weed Scientist
3:50	Kansas Regulation (Core Hour) Representative from Kansas Department of Agriculture
4:45	Questions
5:00	Adjourn