STERLING CITY – The Texas AgriLife Extension Service Sterling County Livestock and Range Committee will conduct a range field day at 9 a.m. June 30 at the Sterling County Community Center, Sterling City.
Dr. Alyson McDonald, AgriLife Extension range specialist at Fort Stockton, will be the keynote speaker. She will discuss brush ecology and management of mesquite, juniper and pricklypear.
After the indoor session, the program will conclude with a tour of a mesquite control plot on the Bill Foster Ranch on U.S. Highway 87 South.
Two Texas Department of Agriculture continuing education units in the general category will be available for licensed private pesticide applicators.
Individual registration is $10 payable upon arrival.
For more information, contact Chad Coburn, AgriLife Extension agent in Sterling County, at 325-378-3181.
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