Free Online CEUs Available

Several opportunities exist to obtain Florida Department of Ag and Consumer Services pesticide license Continuing Education Units (CEUs) online. Typically, online CEUs are offered by reading articles on a topic covered in one of the many study manuals for exams. Along with reading the article, participants will have to complete a quiz. A score of 70% or better will be awarded a CEU in the selected category.

Currently, there are two locations for FREE CEUs on line. The first is through Citrus Industry Magazine at citrusindustry.net. Four General CORE Standard CEU articles with quizzes are available all year long for those requiring CORE CEUs. The articles expire after 1 year of being posted. So don't choose the oldest article.
The second is through UF-IFAS Extension Hillsborough County which hosts The Plant Producer Newsletter.  New CEU articles are added on the quarterly basis in the categories of Private Applicator and General CORE Standards. Access to The Plant Producer CEU articles is at http://hillsborough.ifas.ufl.edu/ornamental_production/CEUs.shtml.

Thrips Management for Strawberries Meeting in Dover, FL

Thrips Management in Strawberry

Grower meeting

Tuesday October 20, 2015

12:00-3:00

FSGA 13138 Lewis Gallagher Rd., Dover FL 33527

12:00-12:45        Grower Lunch Sponsored by DuPont

                  

12:45-1:25          “Thresholds, seasonal abundance and resistance monitoring for thrips in strawberries”

                             Dr. Joe Funderburk, Iris Strzyzewski, Danielle Sprague         Entomologists, UF, North Florida REC

1:25-1:45            “Species complex and management of thrips in strawberries”

                             Drs. Oscar Liburd, Janine Razze, Elena Rhodes

                                    Entomologists, UF, Gainesville

1:45-2:10            Break & opportunity to view thrips and other strawberry pests.

2:10-2:30            “DuPont crop protection products for strawberry”

                             Dr. James Taylor, DuPont

2:30-3:00            Questions, answers and discussion

Please RSVP by Oct. 14 for headcount for lunch to Alicia Whidden at 813-744-5519 ext. 54134 or awhidden@ufl.edu.  CEU and CCA credits applied for.

Hillsborough County Extension is a cooperative service of Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners and the University of Florida.

The Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS) is an Equal Employment Opportunity Institution authorized to provide research, educational information and other services only to individuals and institutions that function with non-discrimination with respect to race, creed, color, religion, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, political opinions or affiliations.  U.S. Department of Agriculture, Cooperative Extension Service, University of Florida, IFAS, Florida A. & M., University Cooperative Extension Program, and Boards of County Commissioners Cooperating.

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