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IPM Grower Workshop in January

NEWS HIGHLIGHT

IPM Grower Workshop
in January
The Ontario Ministry of
Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, in conjunction with Flowers Canada
Growers, is hosting a one-day workshop on “How to develop and implement an IPM
program for your greenhouse operation.”

Dec. 3, 2009, Vineland, Ontario – The Ontario Ministry of
Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, in conjunction with Flowers Canada
Growers, is hosting a one-day workshop on “How to develop and implement an IPM
program for your greenhouse operation.”

The workshop will be held in
Rittenhouse Hall at the OMAFRA Advisory Services Building at the Vineland
Research and Innovation Centre on Wednesday, Jan. 27. It will be held from 8.30
a.m. to 4.30 p.m.

These workshops have been so successful
in the past that the majority of the industry is now using IPM.

The workshop is designed to assist
those growers wishing to implement an IPM program or to further develop
existing programs. As such, OMAFRA advisory staff will be available to discuss
growers’ programs or visit individual operations if necessary to review IPM
programs or discuss any problems that may be occurring.

The workshop is a hands-on exercise
in how to set up your IPM program, and includes presentations on IPM basics,
pest biology and identification, monitoring, biological control, disease IPM
and the “nuts and bolts” of getting started.

The cost is $50 ($47.17 plus $2.83
GST) and includes lunch, coffee, hand lens and a workbook.

To register, call Graeme Murphy at 905-562-4141, ext. 106; fax 905-562
3413; or e-mail graeme.murphy@ontario.ca.