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Let’s Talk Ticks: For Livestock Producers

  • Wednesday, March 12, 2025, 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

In this "Let’s Talk Ticks: What Every Livestock Producer Needs to Know" workshop, Joellen Lampman, Extension Support Specialist in NYS Integrated Pest Management, will discuss:

  • Tick-borne diseases found in livestock in NY
  • How to mitigate risks for both livestock and farmer
  • Local farmer telling their story of how a tick bite
  • impacted their life
  • How to protect yourself from tick bites and associated tick-borne diseases

Participants will receive a free “Don’t Get Ticked New York” kit, that includes tick removal equipment,and tick id cards.


About the Presenter

Joellen Lampman provides support for planning, conducting, and evaluating a comprehensive IPM educational outreach program within communities, with an emphasis on IPM for schools and turfgrass settings. She is a regular contributor to the NYSIPM Program blogs, ThinkIPM and The ABC's of School and Childcare Pest Management. Joellen has also collaborated on research projects related to turfgrass pests, ticks and pollinators.


Location

Watershed Agricultural Council
44 West Street
Walton, New York 13856

Last updated March 8, 2025