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For more information or to enroll please contact: Kathy Anderson, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Department of Animal Science, kanderson1@unl.edu

Course Overview: Pest Control Advisors, Pesticide Handlers, and Growers who take this online, on-demand course will learn about common insects and IPM practices in the desert southwest Iceberg lettuce production. This course is divided in to 5 modules, the modules will have interactive questions inserted into the video and the student will not be able to proceed until the questions are correctly answered. Modules will have a good and bad interaction that the student can choose the path to take first. A comprehensive quiz will be given after all 5 modules have been completed.

Course Name: A Day in the Life of an iceberg lettuce PCA: Common insects of the Desert Southwest

Starring: Dr. John Palumbo, Macey Keith, Alex Paez, Gordon Goodwin and Sirus Keith

Course Number: CA# DPR-1011-25, AZDA # 25069. CCA #SS 56282.

Pest Control Advisors, pesticide handlers, and growers who take this course will learn about common insects and IPM practices in the Desert Southwest Iceberg lettuce production. 

Recertification Credits are available for this course.

A chemigation license is required for both private applicators and professional applicators if you plan to chemigate with any type of fertilizer or pesticide. This course satisfies the Idaho State Department of Agriculture (ISDA) Chemigation exam. 

For clarification, complete the following whether recertification or exam credit:

• For ISDA pesticide recertification credit, follow the steps in the activity to ensure your Idaho pesticide license number is entered into your Extension Foundation profile and complete the course.
• For ISDA chemigation exam credit, follow the steps in the activity, and it is recommended that you read the Idaho Chemigation Training Manual in addition to completing this course.

Expect to spend about 60 minutes in this session that covers the following topics: 

• Idaho’s laws, rules and requirements
• Sources of water back flow
• Back flow prevention
• Chemical injectors and tanks
• Field topography, soils, and chemical leaching
• Pesticide label requirements
• Calculating field size and application rates

When the session is completed, you will receive 1-pesticide credit or be able to print a certificate of completion for exam purposes. For those completing the course for exam purposes, submit the certificate to ISDA to prove completion of exam requirements.

If you have questions related to this course, please email: cals-ipm@uidaho.edu at University of Idaho Extension.

Idaho Victory Garden is designed for individuals interested in learning more about creating a Victory Garden on their property. No prerequisites are required. Prepare your family to grow, eat and preserve fresh, healthy food and save money doing it. The Valley County Victory Garden online class is paired with two in-person session. Call the local office to learn more about the dates and location of these classes at 208-382-7190. For more information or to enroll contact Melissa Hamilton, University of Idaho, at mbhamilton@uidaho.edu.

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UVM Extension Northwest Crops and Soils (NWCS) program is offering this course in collaboration with the following organizations: Vermont Agency of Agriculture (VAAFM), Food & Markets, Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources (MDAR), SUNY Morrisville, University of Maine Cooperative Extension, Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners (MOFGA), Northeast Organic Farming Association of NY (NOFA-NY), and Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education program (NE-SARE).

Offerings include up to 13 webinars (7 are required), up to 5 in-field intensives (1 is required), and admission to attend the 2021 and 2022 Industrial Hemp Conferences! You will also be asked to complete a Pre- and Post- Training Survey. All this is FREE and you can also earn Certified Crop Adviser credits! Webinar trainings will be live on Tuesdays, 12pm to 1pm. Please note that this training is offered for Agricultural and Technical Service Providers.

The audience for this course is Family Child Care Home Providers. This online training includes videos, short quizzes, and activities. It has two parts: 

• In Part 1: What to Feed Infants, you will learn the latest recommendations on WHAT to feed infants. These are the foods and beverages that are recommended. You will review beverages such as breast milk, formula, and water, grains and proteins, fruits and vegetables, and foods to avoid such as sugar and salt.
  
  
• In Part 2: How to Feed Infants, you will learn the latest recommendations on HOW to feed infants. You will review breastfeeding, introducing solid foods, and overall healthy feeding practices. 

Completion of this course provides 1.0 contact hours. 

For more information or to enroll please contact dnilee@ucanr.edu. 

This course is the Introduction to Entomology, Chapter 3 of your Master Gardener Handbook. This is an introduction to the material we will cover in class on the 5th of May.

Course overview
This course provides information to retail nursery and garden center personnel and others who advise consumers about the best tools and products for solving pest problems. It gives basic information on pesticide types, selection, and safety.

Who should enroll?
Retail nursery and garden center personnel 

The Introduction to Southeastern Prescribed Fire course is designed to introduce students to the fundamental basics of prescribed burning in Southeastern forested ecosystems.  At the end of the course the student should have a working knowledge of fire law, fire terminology, fire prescriptions, fire safety, firebreaks, smoke management and a basic understanding of how to conduct a prescribed burn. This course is not intended to take the place of state Certification courses, workshops, or experience in the field. Rather, it is intended to give students a basic understanding of the principles of prescribed fire and fire effects. 

Genetic principles of inheritance in plants and animals and their significance in biology and agriculture will be discussed in this self-paced Introduction to Genetics course. Topics in the whole Introduction to Genetics series include the physical basis of heredity in families and populations; introduction to chromosome biology; the molecular basis for gene expression; and modern genetic engineering tools used in animal and plant systems.

This course is specifically about family and population genetics. This unit covers inheritance patterns, the difference between quantitative and qualitative traits, and how to work with population and family-based data.