The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service’s Lower Rolling Plains Ag Conference will be held from 8:30 a.m.-4:15 p.m. April 5 in Snyder at Scurry Coliseum, 900 E. Coliseum Drive.
The cost is $30, payable at the door, but an RSVP is requested for the shrimp boil meal count to 325-573-5423. Credit cards will not be accepted, and checks should be made out to Scurry 4-H Livestock Fund.
Six Texas Department of Agriculture, TDA, continuing education units are available; contact the AgriLife Extension office in Nolan County at 325-236-6912 or Scurry County at 325-573-5423 for additional CEU information.
The AgriLife Extension offices in Mitchell, Lynn, Nolan, Garza and Scurry counties are presenting the event.
Lower Rolling Plains conference agenda
Morning sessions and speakers are as follows:
- Cotton Economics and Farm Bill Update — Mark Welch, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension small grains economist, Bryan-College Station, and Andrew Wright, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension economist, Lubbock.
- Laws and Regulations and Worker Protection Standards training — Blake Pustejovsky, TDA field inspector, Lubbock.
- Top Ag Legal Issues in Agriculture — Tiffany Lashmet, J.D., AgriLife Extension agricultural law specialist, Amarillo.
After the lunch break, concurrent sessions will begin. Participants may choose to attend Session A or B.
Session A topics and speakers will be:
- Weed Management Strategies for 2023 — Pete Dotray, Ph.D., Texas A&M AgriLife Research weed specialist, Lubbock.
- Auxin Training — Dotray.
- Cotton and Agriculture Integrated Pest Management — Greg Wilson, AgriLife Extension integrated pest management specialist, San Angelo.
- Sesame and Grain Sorghum — Calvin Trostle, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension agronomist, Lubbock.
Session B topics and speaker are as follows:
- Forage and Hay Production — Trostle.
- Weed and Brush Control in Range and Pastures — Case Medlin, Ph.D., Bayer Crop Science regional stewardship manager, Paradise, and Billy Campbell, Bayer regional representative, Idalou.
- Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Programs for Private Landowners — Barrett Koennecke, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department biologist, Roby.
- Managing Weeds, Yucca and Brush in Range and Pastures — Campbell and Medlin.
- Restocking: Fitting Cows to Your Operation — Jason Smith, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension beef cattle specialist, Amarillo.
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