Writer: Steve Byrns, 325-653-4576, s-byrns@tamu.edu
Contact: John Villalba, 806-995-3721, john.villalba@ag.tamu.edu
TULIA – The Swisher County Spring Ag Conference and Noxious Weed District Annual Meeting will be held April 19 in the Swisher County Show Barns.
The show barns are about 2.5 miles east of Tulia on Farm-to-Market Road 1318, then 1 mile north on County Road 16.
The event starts with registration at 8:30 a.m. and is hosted by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, the Swisher County AgriLife Extension Ag Committee and the Swisher County Noxious Weed Control District.
“The program will showcase topics important to farmers and ranchers in the High Plains area, including cotton, sorghum, pest control, irrigation and risk management,” said John Villalba, AgriLife Extension agent in Swisher County. “A lunch will be provided by the Noxious Weed Control District and three Texas Department of Agriculture pesticide applicator continuing education units will be offered.”
The day’s topics and speakers will include:
– Irrigation Management Technology, Dr. Charles Hillyer, AgriLife Extension irrigation engineering specialist, Amarillo.
– Cotton Production Considerations, Dr. Seth Byrd, AgriLife Extension cotton agronomist, Lubbock.
– Risk Management Update-FARM Assistance Program, Will Keeling, AgriLife Extension risk management specialist, Lubbock.
– Sugarcane Aphid Preparation for 2016; 2015 Spider Mite Efficacy and Residual Herbicide Efficiency Trial Results, Blayne Reed, AgriLife Extension integrated pest management agent, Hale/Swisher/Floyd counties.
– Corn/Sorghum Fertility, Dr. Calvin Trostle, AgriLife Extension agronomist, Lubbock.
Individual registration is $10. RSVP by calling the AgriLife Extension office in Swisher County by April 15 at 806-995-3726.
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