Michigan State University Extensionin southeast Michigan will be offeringHerbicide School: Controlling Weeds in Prevented Planting Acresfrom 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on March 27, 2020, at the Washtenaw County MSU Extension office,705 N. Zeeb Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48107.

During the 2019 growing season, an average of 35% of the fields in southeast Michigan did not get planted, allowing weeds to thrive and set seeds. As a result, weed control will be the biggest challenge farmers will face in 2020.

This one-day herbicide school that will give farmers and the local agriculture industry the right tools to control weeds in prevented planted acres. Participants will learn how to delay the evolution of herbicide resistance and pair the correct herbicide to individual weed problems while controlling.

Program agenda

• 8:30 a.m.Registration
• 9:00 a.m.Weeds to watch for this spring
• 9:45 a.m.Break
• 10:00 a.m.Lipid and amino acid synthesis inhibitors
• 10:45 a.m.Break
• 11:00 a.m.Growth regulators and photosynthesis inhibitors
• 11:45 p.m.Lunch
• 12:30 p.m.Pigment inhibitors and cell membrane disrupters
• 1:15 p.m.Break
• 1:30 p.m.Seedling shoot and root growth inhibitors
• 2:15 p.m.Adjourn/RUP credits

During this state-of-the-art meeting, flats with weeds and crops will be planted and sprayed before the meeting to demonstrate herbicide injury symptoms. A variety of live weeds will be shown to participants to demonstrate how to identify weeds in the field. MSU faculty and Extension educators will talk about what tools farmers could use in 2020 to minimize weed pressure on prevented planting fields.

Five CCA andfive RUP credits (Private Core, Commercial Core, 1A and 7A)will be offered. The registration fee is $15 and includes lunch. To guarantee your lunch, you need toregisterbyMarch 22.Only 30 spotsare available!

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For more information, call the MSU Extension Lenawee County office at 517-264-5300 or email Ricardo Costa atcostasil@msu.edu.