Source: NCSU COLLEGE OF AG & LIFE SCIENCES, 5/8/19

Join us for the Sandhills Research Station (SRS) Turfgrass Regional Conference and Field Day  Wednesday, June 12  from 7:30 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. Advance registration is $20 and includes lunch. Special discounted fee for TCNC members is $5. On-site registration is $25, but space is limited. Pre-registration is strongly recommended to guarantee a spot. No refunds for this event.

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Full program:
7:30 Registration opens/ Coffee and doughnuts
8:00 Welcome and opening remarks:
• Dr. Travis Gannon, Turf Work Group Chair & Associate Prof., Crop & Soil Sciences, NCSU
• Mr. Jeremy Martin, Superintendent, Sandhills Research Station
• Kaleb Rathbone, Director, NCDA & CS Research Stations Division
• Natalie Hummel, Assistant Director, NC Agricultural Research Service

8:15 Education Section:
• Jim Kerns: “Best Management Practices for Diseases in the Landscape”
• Rick Brandenburg and Terri Billeisen: “Using the latest products, resources, and approaches for cost-effective and environmentally-sound insect control programs in turf.”
• Fred Yelverton: “Weed Management in warm-season turfgrasses”

10:15 Coffee Break

10:25 Education Section (contd.)
• Matt Martin: “Managing difficult pests in Warm Season Turf”

11:00 Field Stops:
• Stop 1: Jim Kerns – “Distinguishing abiotic from biotic problems, and proper sample collection” 
• Stop 2: Susana Milla-Lewis, Esdras Carbajal, Carolina Zuleta and Rocio van der Laat – “Low input grasses for NC landscapes”
• Stop 3: Ray McCauley, Drew Pinnix, Ben Gragg, and Grady Miller -“The science of soil compaction – A field demonstration”
• Stop 4: Travis Gannon – “Optimizing Pesticide Applications and Debunking Myths Around their Use”

12:20 Lunch
The following NCDA and CS Pesticide Credits are pending approval: (L N D X)
GCSAA Education Points are pending approval
NC Landscape Contractor’s Licensing Board Credit Hours are pending approval