Writer: Joe Bryant (806) 746-6101, j-bryant1@tamu.edu
Contact: Dr. Todd Baughman (940) 552-9941, t-baughman@tamu.edu
CHILDRESS–Cotton producers and those in allied industries across the northern Rolling Plains will have an opportunity to get the latest information on cotton production and marketing, the battle against the boll weevil, and new technology in the cotton industry at the North West Texas Cotton Conference here Jan. 22.
Information tailored to the specific concerns of this area will be presented at the conference, said Dr. Todd Baughman, Texas Agricultural Extension Service agronomist at Vernon. The program will begin with registration at 8:30 a.m. The registration fee of $5 includes lunch.
The status and progress of new technology will be presented by Dr. James Supak, associate department head and Extension Service program leader in the soil and crop sciences department at Texas A&M University. Baughman will discuss old and new techniques and materials for weed control.
Marketing strategies will be explained by Stan Bevers, Extension Service economist and marketing specialist at Vernon. Setting an early crop will be the topic of J.C. Banks, Extension Service cotton specialist at Oklahoma State University.
Insect management will be the focus of presentations after lunch. Basics of boll weevil life cycle and development will be presented by Emory Boring, Extension Service entomologist from Vernon. Noel Long, local producer, will give an update on the 1997 boll weevil diapause program in Childress and Hall counties.
Experience with the diapause program in the St. Lawrence area will be reported by Warren Multher, Extension Integrated Pest Management (IPM) agent serving Glasscock, Reagan and Upton counties. An update on the boll weevil eradication program in Texas will be given by Dr. Tom Fuchs, Extension entomologist and IPM coordinator, from San Angelo. Boring will discuss management of cotton insects.
Additional information on the conference is available at county offices of the Extension Service in Childress, Collingsworth, Cottle, Hall and Motley counties.
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