Extension

Gordon Cooper Technology Center,  Shawnee, OK - February 17, 2026  

No charge to attend but registration is required.

Check-in begins at 8:30 a.m. Program is from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Lunch on your own.

 

Pest management problems that pecan growers may face; current and best management practices for pest control, and opportunities to receive continuing education units for private pesticide applicator license & categories 1A & 10. Five CEUs will be requested.

 

Agenda

• 8:30 a.m. - Registration
• 9 a.m. - Welcome & Introductions – Becky Carroll & Trent Boles
• 9:15 – 10:15 a.m. – Reading a Pesticide Label - Kevin Shelton, State Pesticide Coordinator, Pesticide Safety Education Program, Department of Entomology & Plant Pathology at Oklahoma State University
• 10:15 – 10:30 a.m. - Break
• 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. – Using Clovers in Pecans – Michael Trammell, SE District Area Agronomy Specialist, OSU Extension
• 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. – Lunch on your own
• 1 – 2 p.m. – Should Last Year's Scab Change Your Management Plan? (zoom) – Lenny Wells, Professor/Pecan Extension Specialist Department of Horticulture, University of Georgia
• 2 – 3 p.m. – Utilizing Endophytic Entomopathogenic Fungi for Controlling Insect Pests in Pecan - Kelly Seuhs, Associate Extension Specialist, OSU Entomology and Plant Pathology
• 3 - 3:15 p.m. - Break
• 3:15 – 4:15 p.m. – Taking Pecan Spraying to the Air: A Look at Drone Technology – Kelly Seuhs, Associate Extension Specialist, OSU Entomology and Plant Pathology, Mike & Zakk Harris, Carney, OK, and Chad Selman, Skiatook, OK.
• 4:15 p.m. – Door prize, wrap-up and questions