–Attention All Turfgrass Managers–

A hands-on spreader and sprayer calibration event is scheduled to be held at the Kent County Extension Office on June 7th. John Emerson from University of Delaware’s Cooperative Extension will be there to walk you through and demonstrate the proper calibration protocols for your sprayer and/or spreader. We will have a test course set up for the calibration of hose-end sprayers, backpack sprayers, and rotary spreaders (ride-on OR walk-behind).  If you have new employees, or veteran employees who would like a refresher, this would be a great opportunity to get them hands-on experience in sprayer and spreader calibration training while obtaining Pesticide and Nutrient Management CEC requirements.

*We encourage you to bring your company's equipment so we can calibrate it together. Although, there will be sufficient equipment provided to illustrate proper calibration methods.

There will be (9) 1-hour slots available from 9am-6pm with one person or group per hour with a maximum of 3 people per group. For example, a “group” would be 1-3 individuals from one particular business/operation. Once an hour-slot is taken it will no longer be available, so reserve your spot as soon as possible.

Cost: $10.00

Approved for the Following Continuing Education Credits:

• 1.0 DE Nutrient Management
• TBD Maryland Nutrient Management 
• 2.0 Maryland Pesticide - Core
• 1.0 DE Pesticide Credits - Private, 1A (ag plant), and 03 (ornamental and turf)

If there is rain, a make-up session will be rescheduled at a later date

If you have any questions about the sessions, contact the Hilary Gibson at 302-735-8137 or nutrient-management@udel.edu

UD Cooperative Extension’s goal is to safely offer this workshop providing quality educational programming while mitigating the risk of COVID-19 transmission among participants, educators, faculty, staff, and the local Delaware communities.

Participants are encouraged to bring face masks. Disposable masks will be provided for participants if needed upon arrival. Participants are strongly encouraged to wear a mask over their mouth and nose inside the educational facility. 

To protect the health and safety of program participants, you should stay home if within past seven days you have:

• Tested positive or have been deemed presumptively positive with the Coronavirus;
• Sought testing to determine whether you might have the Coronavirus, and have not yet received the results;
• Been informed that you may have been exposed to Coronavirus or learned that you have been in the immediate vicinity of a person now known to have been carrying the Coronavirus; or

We ask that participants self-monitor and do not attend if you have any of these symptoms at the time of the educational workshop:

• A temperature >100.0^o F
• Persistent and unusual dry cough
• Shortness of breath (not associated with an underlying medical condition)
• Difficulty breathing (not associated with an underlying medical condition)
• Chills
• Repeated shaking with chills
• Muscle pain (not attributed to programming activities)
• Headache
• Sore throat
• New loss of taste or smell

By following this protocol, we can meet our goal of providing high quality educational workshops in a safe environment.