Each year the states Agents for Horticulture meets for inservice updates and to network.  This year the Washington County Horticulture Agent hosted and planned the inservice with the help of Dr. Nicole Gauthier. Thirty horticulture agents and several agriculture agents attended the meeting.   With the current explosion in interest in industrial hemp the second day of the program was dedicated to hemp as a horticulture crop because agents have been bombarded with hemp information requests but research based information is limited at this time.  Topics included fertility management, greenhouse environments, hemp diseases and management, and insect identification and management.