County private pesticide applicator training and Ag Updates will be held in Andrew, Holt and Atchison counties the fourth week of January. The Andrew County meeting will be held Tuesday, January 24, at the Youth Building located at 201 South Banyon, in Savannah. Holt County will be the following day, Wednesday, January 25, at the Methodist Church Basement, located at 101 East Missouri in Oregon. The Atchison County meeting will be held Thursday, January 26, at the Atchison County Extension Office, 201 E US Hwy. 136 in Rock Port.

Private pesticide applicator training will begin at 8:30 a.m. and will conclude at 10:30 a.m. This training will allow producers to purchase and apply restricted use pesticides. Growers who attend the applicator training are encouraged to stay for the ag update but are not required.

The Ag Update portion of the meeting will have short presentations on topics from Extension Field Specialists in their respective subject matter areas of Agronomy, Livestock, Ag Business and Natural Resource and Engineering and Horticulture. As an example, the agronomy topic will be an update on corn tar spot disease and research on biologicals to reduce fertilizer need. There is no cost for the event. The meeting will conclude at noon.

Call your local extension office and pre-register or search online at University of Missouri Extension Private Pesticide Applicator Training and pre-register for the specific event in your county.

This year, private pesticide applicator training will only be conducted by attending one of the county meetings or attending an online Zoom meeting.

For more information, contact Wayne Flanary, Field Specialist in Agronomy, at 816-279-1691 or cell phone, 913-220-3670, University of Missouri Extension.

If you have a disability and need accommodations for participation, or you need materials in an alternate format, notify Wayne Flanary as soon as possible so that necessary arrangements can be made. Also, inform the organizers if you need to share emergency medical information, you need special arrangements in case the building must be evacuated, or if you have dietary restrictions relative to refreshments provided.