The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will host three Northwest Panhandle Crop Conferences for producers on Jan. 21 in Dumas, Jan. 28 in Stratford and Feb. 4 in Dalhart. 

Each conference will be from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. with registration beginning at 8 a.m. The conferences are free and include lunch. The events will be at the following locations.

  • Jan. 21: Moore County Community Building, 1600 S. Maddox Ave., Dumas.
  • Jan. 28: Sherman County Exhibit Barn, 501 S. Maple St., Stratford.
  • Feb. 4: Frank Phillips College, 2890 Farm-to-Market Road 281, Dalhart. 

Speakers and topics

Dumas

A bale of cotton wrapped in pink sitting in a field
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will host three Northwest Panhandle Crop Conferences for producers on Jan. 21 in Dumas, Jan. 28 in Stratford and Feb. 4 in Dalhart. (Michael Miller/Texas A&M AgriLife)
  • Preplant to harvest management of cotton, Ken Lege, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension cotton specialist and assistant professor, Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Lubbock.
  • Market outlook for cotton and feed grains, DeDe Jones, AgriLife Extension risk management specialist, Department of Agricultural Economics.
  • Matching limited, available water to acreage and crop species, Jourdan Bell, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension agronomist and associate professor, Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Amarillo. 
  • Organic crop and dairy production, Bob Whitney, AgriLife Extension organic program specialist and Regents Fellow, Department of Agricultural Economics, Stephenville.
  • Soil moisture status supporting a warm-season crop following grain, cover-crop, Joseph Burke, Ph.D., Texas A&M AgriLife Research and AgriLife Extension cropping system agronomy and weed scientist and assistant professor, Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Lubbock. 
  • Established and emerging diseases of Panhandle crops, potential vectors involved, Nolan Anderson, Ph.D., AgriLife Research and AgriLife Extension plant pathologist and assistant professor, Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Amarillo. 

Stratford

  • Preplant to harvest management of cotton, Craig Bednarz, Ph.D., AgriLife Research crop physiologist and director of the Semi-Arid Agricultural Systems Institute and associate professor, West Texas A&M University, Canyon.
  • Market outlook for cotton and feed grains, Jones.
  • Matching limited, available water to acreage and crop species, Bell.
  • Organic crop and dairy production, Whitney.
  • Soil health and fertility for small grain production, cover crops, Clay Robinson, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension project specialist, Amarillo.
  • Established and emerging diseases of Panhandle crops, potential vectors involved, Ken Obasa, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension pathologist and assistant professor, Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Amarillo. 

Dalhart

  • Preplant to harvest management of cotton, Lege.
  • Market outlook for cotton and feed grains, Jones.
  • Matching limited, available water to acreage and crop species, Kevin Heflin, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension program specialist, Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Amarillo.
  • Organic crop and dairy production, Whitney.
  • Soil health and fertility for small grain production, cover crops, Robinson.
  • Established and emerging diseases of Panhandle crops, potential vectors involved, Obasa.

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