- Contact: Matt Garrett, 903-935-8413, matt.garrett@ag.tamu.edu
GILMER – The annual East Texas Forage Conference will give livestock and hay producers a wide range of information to help them maximize their pastures’ potential.
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service program is 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 6 at the Upshur Rural Electric Co-Op, 1200 W. Tyler St. in Gilmer.
Cost is $15 per person until Aug. 30 and $25 thereafter. Lunch is provided. To register, call the AgriLife Extension office in Upshur County at 903-843-4019.
Three Texas Department of Agriculture continuing education credits – two general, one laws and regulations – will be available for licensed pesticide applicators.
Topics and speakers include:
– Sprayer calibration and armyworm control, Darren Rozell, owner Rozell Sprayer Manufacturing Co., Tyler.
– Pasture herbicide updates, Clint Perkins, AgriLife Extension agent, Smith County.
– Winter forages and winter weed control, Jason Banta, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension beef cattle specialist, Overton.
– Feral hogs, Hank Hayes, D.V.M., Texas Animal Health Commission region director, Sulphur Springs.
– Electronic animal identification, Hayes.
– Importance of forage testing and supplements, Banta.
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