Contact: Shane McLellan, 254-757-5180, s-mclellan@tamu.edu
McGREGOR – A spring forage workshop hosted by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service offices in McLennan, Bell and Coryell counties will be held from 8 a.m.-1:30 p.m. April 8 at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research Center, at McGregor.
Cost is $20 and includes lunch. Three Texas Department of Agriculture general continuing education units will be offered. Registration begins at 8 a.m.
The following are topics and presenters:
– 8:30 a.m., Weed and Grass Identification, Ricky Linex, wildlife biologist, U.S. Department of Agriculture-Natural Resources Conservation Service, Weatherford.
– 9:20 a.m., Establishment of Warm Season Grasses, Dr. Larry Redmon, AgriLife Extension forage specialist, College Station.
– 10:15 a.m., Managing Fertility of our Warm Season Grasses, Dr. Larry Unruh, American Plant Food.
– 11:05 a.m., Weed and Brush Control, Dillon DeMuth, Dow AgroScience field representative.- 11:50 am.-12:30 p.m. Lunch.
– 12:30-1:30 p.m., Informal walking tour with Plant Identification, Best Use, Attributes, etc. – Linex and Demuth.
For more information, call 254-757-5180.
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