Week 8 - Crop & Pest Management School
This past week I attended the Eastern Crop and Pest Management School at the FargoDome. The school was put on by the NDSU Extension Service. The school outlined the basics of crop scouting and disease identification. It was designed for college students and people in the industry that will be scouting for pest and production problems this year. The school is put on every spring and includes current trends in agriculture and things to look for in the upcoming year.
NDSU students are able to take the course for a college credit. They can enroll through the university. Others are able to register through the extension service. I met a woman that was from Alaska at the school. She came to Fargo to take the school in order to refresh her agricultural knowledge. She said that she attends the class every two years in order to stay up to date with the current trends.
The Pest Management School ran from Tuesday to Wednesday. We started the day at 8 o'clock. In the morning there were several speakers that presented on different topics. The first day we started off with learning about integrated pest management. Pat Beauzay talked about the how growers should use several different strategies to diversify the way that they control pests on their farm.
In the afternoons there were several different hands-on workshops. These were my favorite part about the school. It gave the students an opportunity to engage with the information that the speakers presented. The topics of the workshops were growth stages, insects, and diseases. Each of the workshops were specific to the pests that attack different crops.
The information that I learned at the Crop and Pest Management School will really benefit me in the real world. One of my main duties for my summer internship will be crop scouting. I learned a lot about how to identify different diseases and pests that can attack crops. By properly identifying diseases, I will be able to help treat the field and lead farmers towards sustainable agriculture.
NDSU students are able to take the course for a college credit. They can enroll through the university. Others are able to register through the extension service. I met a woman that was from Alaska at the school. She came to Fargo to take the school in order to refresh her agricultural knowledge. She said that she attends the class every two years in order to stay up to date with the current trends.
The Pest Management School ran from Tuesday to Wednesday. We started the day at 8 o'clock. In the morning there were several speakers that presented on different topics. The first day we started off with learning about integrated pest management. Pat Beauzay talked about the how growers should use several different strategies to diversify the way that they control pests on their farm.
In the afternoons there were several different hands-on workshops. These were my favorite part about the school. It gave the students an opportunity to engage with the information that the speakers presented. The topics of the workshops were growth stages, insects, and diseases. Each of the workshops were specific to the pests that attack different crops.
The information that I learned at the Crop and Pest Management School will really benefit me in the real world. One of my main duties for my summer internship will be crop scouting. I learned a lot about how to identify different diseases and pests that can attack crops. By properly identifying diseases, I will be able to help treat the field and lead farmers towards sustainable agriculture.
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