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Crops Conference 2015 - Lancaster County

Online Registration Deadline: Wednesday, January 14, 2015

When

Thursday, January 15, 2015
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Where

Lancaster Farm & Home Center
1383 Arcadia Road
Lancaster, PA 17601

 

The 2015 Penn State Extension Crops Conferences are located in four counties around the state - Lancaster, Bradford, Union, and Lehigh. Each conference offers a day-long program with at least two concurrent breakout sessions, giving attendees the opportunity to select topics that are relevant to them and their agricultural operations.

In addition to hearing valuable cropping information from Penn State Field and Forage Crop Specialists, participants will also earn a minimum of 2 Category and 2 Core pesticide education credits.

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