Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu
Contact: Mike Bragg, 806-244-4434, mhbragg@ag.tamu.edu
DALHART – A Sunflower Producers Agronomic Meeting and Industry Update will be held March 13 by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service at the Dallam/Hartley AgriLife Extension Annex, 402 Denver Ave., Dalhart.
The program will be from 3-5 p.m. Dr. Calvin Trostle, AgriLife Extension agronomist, Lubbock, will be the presenter. He will discuss sunflower production and best management practices.
Two Texas Department of Agriculture continuing education units – one general and one integrated pest management – will be offered.
“Dallam County planted 2,400 acres of both confectionery and oilseed sunflowers in 2018, making it the largest producer of sunflowers in the Texas Panhandle, followed by Sherman County at 250 acres,” said Mike Bragg, AgriLife Extension agriculture and natural resources agent for Dallam and Hartley counties.
For more information or questions, contact Bragg at 806-244-4434 or mhbragg@ag.tamu.edu.
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