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Upper Middle Belt Tobacco and GAP Meeting
The 2025 Upper Middle Belt Tobacco Production Meeting along with GAP Training will be held on Monday, January 27, 2025. The meeting will begin at 9:00 a.m. and conclude around noon with lunch being served.
Location Franklin Plaza, 279 S. Bickett Blvd., Louisburg, NC (Beside Tractor Supply). Doors will open at 8:30 a.m. Please arrive prior to the meeting for registration.
Space is limited! Registration is required, and early registration is recommended.
To register, call the Franklin County Extension office or go online at:
go.ncsu.edu/uppermiddletobacco25
- Bring your GAP card to the training to be certain you receive credit.
- Bring your Pesticide License if you would like to receive pesticide credits (if you have misplaced your card, you may be requested to show a photo ID). 2 hours of pesticide credit will be provided in categories (NODX).
- You may wish to bring your GAP notebook, as we will be providing updated references and record keeping forms.
Following the Tobacco GAP Meeting we will be offering the fumigant recertification training for you to receive credit for your fumigant license. We will start this one-hour training immediately following the tobacco meeting. If you plan to attend this training, please let staff know when you call to register for the Tobacco GAP Meeting.
V Credit Pesticide Training
January 16th, 2025 at 10 a.m.
Franklin County Extension Annex
Call to register (919-496-3344)
January 21st, 2025 at 6 p.m.
Warren County Extension Office
Call to register (919-495-2230)
Paraquat Training
January 16th, 2025 at 9 a.m.
Franklin County Extension Annex
Call to register (919-496-3344)
Fumigant Recertification Training
January 27, 2025 at 12 p.m. (Will be after the tobacco meeting)
Franklin Plaza
Registration Required (919-496-3344)
Respirator Fit Testing
January 28, 2025
Franklin County Extension Annex
Call to register for an appointment by January 24th. (919-496-3344)
$25 for Fit-Test only
$45 for both Fit-Test and Medical Clearance
Note: Bring medical clearance paperwork with you if you have one.
Grain Production Meeting
February 11, 2025 at 9 a.m.
Vance County Farmers Market
210 Southpark Dr., Henderson, NC
2 hours of pesticide credit NODX (pending course approval)
Lunch will be served
Registration Required – Call (919-496-3344) or go to
27th Annual Eastern NC Landscape Conference & Trade Show
Tuesday, February 11th, 2025
Nash Community College, Brown Auditorium
454 N. Old Carriage Road, Rocky Mount, NC 27804
Registration Required – Call (252-425-9810) or go to
go.ncsu.edu/
ANNUAL RESPIRATOR FIT TEST OFFERED FOR PESTICIDE APPLICATORS
You will have the opportunity to be fit tested at the Franklin County Cooperative Extension Office in Louisburg on January 28th, 2025. Call the office by January 24th at 919-496-3344 to set up a 30-minute appointment to complete the test. Appointments will start at 9:00 a.m. The cost for the test will be $25.00 (please bring a check made payable to the NC Agromedicine Institute). If you do not come medically cleared, then there will be an additional cost of $20 for the medical clearance ($45 for both the fit-test and medical clearance). Check with local physicians’ offices, urgent care facilities and occupational health clinics to determine whether or not they can provide medical clearance services if you would like. You will also need to bring your own respirator if you have one and be sure to shave before coming.
For additional information contact the office at 919-496-3344, or email Matthew Place, Extension Agent – Agriculture.