Posts from Agent's Update--Online Magazine for 03/18/2013

Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser.   New Factsheet in Spanish for Glyphosate Applications Mar 14, 2013 12:26 pm | noreply@blogger.com (Ornamental Hort. Agent) I often visit nurseries and see glyphosate being applied over generously and wanted to help growers keep some of their chemical costs in their own pockets.  We created a factsheet to help out with that problem.  I also wanted to let the applicators understand the issue so we translated the factsheet into Spanish.  Here are the two factsheets to help apply glyphosate correctly. Proper Use and read more        Gall Wasps on Live Oak Meeting Mar 13, 2013 12:56 pm | noreply@blogger.com (Ornamental Hort. Agent) Don't forget to come out to the Hillsborough County Extension office on Monday at 10:30 am to hear what is know about gall wasps in live oak production.  Dr. Eileen Buss will be visiting from Gainesville to give us the scoop about these economically damaging pests on live oaks.  We will be talking about their identification, biology, life cycle, management and scouting.  We will also be read more      Oak Gall Wasp Meeting for Producers Private and Core Pesticide Exam Training Course SWFWMD Opportunities for Growers Ragweed parthenium What is a Boss Worth? Our mailing address is: Hillsborough Extension Office 5339 County Rd 579 Seffner, Florida 33584-3334 Copyright (C) 2013 Hillsborough Extension Office All rights reserved. The Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS) is an Equal Opportunity Institution authorized to provide research, educational information, and other services only to individuals and institutions that function without discrimination with respect to race, creed, color, religion, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, political opinions or affiliations, genetic information and veteran status as protected under the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act. 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.