Upcoming FAMACHA© Workshops

Three Integrated Parasite Management (IPM) Workshops have been scheduled in Maryland and Delaware. The workshops last approximately 4 hours and include two hours of classroom instruction and two hours of hands-on training using the FAMACHA© system and doing fecal egg counts.

The first workshop will be held on Saturday, June 20, 9 a.m. to 3 p .m. in the Food Science Building at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) in Princess Anne, MD. To register, contact Erroll Mattox at (302) 628-0471 or threemaplesfarm@comcast.net

For those under 16 years of age, a concurrent workshop will be held from 9 a.m. to 12 noon. Contact Maegan Perdue at (410) 651-1350 or mperdue@umd.edu to register.

A workshop will be held on Saturday, June 27, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Smryna Outreach & Research Center (Delaware State University). To register, contact Dr. Dahlia Jackson-O'Brien at (302) 857-6490 or djjackson@desu.edu.

A workshop will be held on Saturday, August 1, 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., at the Washington County Agricultural Education Center near Boonsboro, MD. To register, contact Jeff Semler at (301) 791 or jsemler@umd.edu.

Registration fees (per farm or family) include a FAMACHA© chart and IPM reference booklet.