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Kentucky's Premier Turfgrass Conference Opens Registration

Feb 14, 2024

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Registration for the 47th Annual Kentucky Turf & Landscape Management Short Course, a collaboration between the University of Kentucky Turfgrass Program and the Kentucky Horticulture Council (KHC), is now open. The annual event is a premier educational opportunity for Kentucky turfgrass professionals.

This year, meeting organizers have assembled a schedule including over 20 speakers with three educational tracks covering sports turf, golf courses along with lawn and landscape. The event occurs Feb. 20-22 at the Hardin County extension office in Elizabethtown.

UK Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment experts will present sessions on water topics, ornamentals, nutrient management and pest control, which include insect, weed and pathogens). Joining them are specialists from the University of Tennessee, Purdue University and Ohio State University. Authorities from a variety of sporting events will also lead discussions.

The short course registration fee is $55 per day. The full conference program, information about pesticide continuing education credits and registration instructions are available at https://kyhortcouncil.org/2024-ky-turf-landscape-management-conference.

Source : uky.edu

Video: Adapting to ESA: Bulletins Live! Two

In part 2 of CropLife America’s “Adapting to ESA” instructional video series, learn how to determine location-specific restrictions using Bulletins Live! Two (BLT). Dr. Stanley Culpepper, a leading weed science specialist with the University of Georgia Cooperative Extension, provides a walkthrough of the tool.

Follow along with BLT, linked here: https://www.epa.gov/endangered-specie...

The video series is part of a new set of educational tools released by CropLife America (CLA), in partnership with the Agricultural Retailers Association (ARA) and the Council of Producers and Distributors of Agrotechnology (CPDA), to help farmers, agricultural retailers, and pesticide applicators better understand the Endangered Species Act (ESA).