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SUMMARY:CWMA Webinar: Keeping Turf Management Simple
DESCRIPTION:Register today for Keeping Turf Management Simple!\n\nWorkshop #21036\n\nApproved for 1 CEC in category 206 Turf Management\n\n \n\nSynopsis:\n\nThis presentation will explain how to keep applicators focused on pertinent issues as they learn turf principles.\n\n	Top 10 most common turf weeds in Colorado.\n	Top 5 most common turf insects in Colorado.\n	Top 5 most common turf diseases in Colorado.\n	Why pestilence occurs in a stressed lawn. \n\nFor experienced turf managers\, we will explain the importance of understanding customer expectations. Those "customers" consist of residential homeowners\, HOA board members\, commercial property owners\, recreational enthusiasts and people driving by any turf site.\n\nWe will focus on Front Range/Colorado turf sites.\n\n\n	The power of a pesticide molecule.\n	Taking advantage of rate ranges on a pesticide label.\n	Rate per 1\,000 square feet versus rate per acre versus amount of total solution. \n\nAbout the speaker:\n\nKevin Gallagher\, The Weed Man\n\nKevin has been in the manufacturing and wholesale distribution business for 30 years in the non-crop market\, covering the Rocky Mountain\, Desert Southwest\, and Great Plains region.  He was employed in 2019 by Weld County Colorado Public Works Department for their Natural Resources Division controlling invasive noxious weeds. In 2020 he began work with a local lawn care franchise\, The Weed Man\, who purchased a customer base of small acreage pastures for weed control.  Majored in Animal Science at South Dakota State University and was a herdsman/research manager for Purdue and Texas Tech Universities before working for a large lawn & tree care company in the northern Front Range of Colorado.  A few of the companies he worked for was Dupont Vegetation Management\, Bayer Animal Health\, and various regional and national wholesale distribution companies.\n\n \n\nWho should take this webinar?\n\n-Both novice and experienced turf managers\n\n-Qualified supervisors\, certified operators\, and private applicators seeking a 206 continuing education credit to renew their license.\n\n-Seasonal or new hires looking to gain knowledge in these topics.\n\n-Any professional or member of the public that is interested in learning about these topics.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<span style="color:#000000\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:16px\;"><strong>Register today for Keeping Turf Management Simple!</strong></span><br />\nWorkshop #21036<br />\nApproved for 1 CEC in category 206 Turf Management<br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<strong>Synopsis:</strong><br />\nThis presentation will explain how to keep applicators focused on pertinent issues as they learn turf principles.</span></span></span>\n<ul>\n	<li style="font-size:13.5pt\;font-family:Calibri\, sans-serif\;"><span style="color:#000000\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Top 10 most common turf weeds in Colorado.</span></span></span></li>\n	<li style="font-size:13.5pt\;font-family:Calibri\, sans-serif\;"><span style="color:#000000\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Top 5 most common turf insects in Colorado.</span></span></span></li>\n	<li style="font-size:13.5pt\;font-family:Calibri\, sans-serif\;"><span style="color:#000000\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Top 5 most common turf diseases in Colorado.</span></span></span></li>\n	<li style="font-size:13.5pt\;font-family:Calibri\, sans-serif\;"><span style="color:#000000\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Why pestilence occurs in a stressed lawn. </span></span></span></li>\n</ul>\n<span style="color:#000000\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">For experienced turf managers\, we will explain the importance of understanding customer expectations. Those &ldquo\;customers&rdquo\; consist of residential homeowners\, HOA board members\, commercial property owners\, recreational enthusiasts and people driving by any turf site.<br />\nWe will focus on Front Range/Colorado turf sites.</span></span></span>\n\n<ul>\n	<li style="font-size:13.5pt\;font-family:Calibri\, sans-serif\;"><span style="color:#000000\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">The power of a pesticide molecule.</span></span></span></li>\n	<li style="font-size:13.5pt\;font-family:Calibri\, sans-serif\;"><span style="color:#000000\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Taking advantage of rate ranges on a pesticide label.</span></span></span></li>\n	<li style="font-size:13.5pt\;font-family:Calibri\, sans-serif\;"><span style="color:#000000\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Rate per 1\,000 square feet versus rate per acre versus amount of total solution. </span></span></span></li>\n</ul>\n<span style="color:#000000\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><strong>About the speaker:</strong><br />\n<strong>Kevin Gallagher\, The Weed Man</strong><br />\nKevin has been in the manufacturing and wholesale distribution business for 30 years in the non-crop market\, covering the Rocky Mountain\, Desert Southwest\, and Great Plains region.&nbsp\; He was employed in 2019 by Weld County Colorado Public Works Department for their Natural Resources Division controlling invasive noxious weeds. In 2020 he began work with a local lawn care franchise\, The Weed Man\, who purchased a customer base of small acreage pastures for weed control.&nbsp\; Majored in Animal Science at South Dakota State University and was a herdsman/research manager for Purdue and Texas Tech Universities before working for a large lawn &amp\; tree care company in the northern Front Range of Colorado.&nbsp\; A few of the companies he worked for was Dupont Vegetation Management\, Bayer Animal Health\, and various regional and national wholesale distribution companies.<br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<strong>Who should take this webinar?</strong><br />\n-Both novice and experienced turf managers<br />\n-Qualified supervisors\, certified operators\, and private applicators seeking a 206 continuing education credit to renew their license.<br />\n-Seasonal or new hires looking to gain knowledge in these topics.<br />\n-Any professional or member of the public that is interested in learning about these topics.&nbsp\;</span></span></span>
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