Seminar Dates: November 12, 2025 8:00 AM
Seminar Cost: $45.00 Register Now
Seminar Description:
Understanding environmental and economic conditions that influence a weed control plan. Weed ID, soil types, and environmental factors that affect pesticide applications. Understanding a site to create an IPM program.
Learning Objectives:
1. Economic and Environmental Value of Weed Control.
2. Weed ID of California annuals, biennials, and perennials
3. Chemical and control controls to build and IPM program.
Heidi Burgess
Heidi Burgess is with Simplot — a distributor in the turf and ornamental industry. Heidi services California, Arizona, Nevada, and Hawaii and supports end-users and distributor partners. As a territory manager she works in golf turf, lawn care, landscape, nursery, and greenhouse market segments. She provides technical and product training of established and future products for suppliers and practitioners.
Prior to her current role, she worked as an Associate Territory Manager with Corteva Agriscience in the Crop Protection business. Based out of Fresno, CA, she serviced distributors and farmers working with permanent crops, cereal crops, and row crops in the Central Valley. She graduated from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in 2020 with a degree in Agricultural and Environmental Plant Sciences, concentrating in Plant Protection and Fruit and Crop Science. She also studied abroad in Italy for a semester where she studied Italian language and culture.
Heidi is a licensed Pest Control Advisor (PCA) in the state of California. She is also a Pesticides Applicator Professional Association (PAP) Board Member.
