Annual Red River Crops Conference slated for Jan. 20-21 in Altus, Oklahoma

The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and the Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service will host the annual Red River Crops Conference Jan. 20-21 in Altus, Oklahoma. 

The cost of the two-day conference, which is geared toward producers in southwestern Oklahoma and the Texas Rolling Plains regions, is $40 per person. Registration details are available by contacting your local county Extension office. 

The conference will run from 12:15-7:10 p.m. on Jan. 20 and 8 a.m. to 3:10 p.m. on Jan. 21. 

The goal of the conference is to provide agricultural producers with timely management information applicable to the Red River production area that will create and enhance the profitability of farm and ranch enterprises. 

Six Texas Department of Agriculture continuing education units will be available for Texas producers — five general and one integrated pest management. Oklahoma producers will receive four units from the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry. 

Cotton Day agenda

Presentations on Jan. 20 will highlight cotton and include: 

• Cotton pest insect management, David Kerns, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension entomologist and associate department head, Texas A&M Department of Entomology, Bryan-College Station.
• The Cotton Board and Cotton Incorporated update, Shelley Heinrich, regional communications manager, Southern Plains Cotton Board, Slaton. 
• National Cotton Council update, Jody Campiche, Ph.D., vice president of economics and policy analysis, National Cotton Council, Memphis. Tennessee. 
• Optimizing cotton fertility in a yield-limiting environment, Katie Lewis, Ph.D., Texas A&M AgriLife Research soil chemistry and fertility scientist and professor, Texas A&M Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Lubbock. 
• Herbicide program update, Pete Dotray, Ph.D., AgriLife Research and AgriLife Extension weed specialist and professor, Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Lubbock. 
• Regional trial updates, Jenny Dudak, Ph.D., assistant professor and state cotton Extension specialist, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, and Emi Kimura, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension statewide peanut specialist, agronomist and associate professor, Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Vernon. 
• Big beautiful bill, Amy Hagerman, Ph.D., associate professor and agriculture and food policy Extension specialist, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma. 

In-season and summer crops agenda

Presentations on Jan. 21 will highlight in-season and summer crops and include: 

• Corn weed management, Todd Baughman, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension agronomist and director of the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center at Lubbock. 
• Crop insurance update, Hagerman.
• Herbicide program update, Brian Pugh, forage assistant Extension specialist, Oklahoma State University, Muskogee, Oklahoma. 
• Estate planning, Tiffany Lashmet, J.D., AgriLife Extension agricultural law specialist and professor, Texas A&M Department of Agricultural Economics, Amarillo. 
• Cattle and wheat market update, Derrell Peel, professor and Extension livestock economist, Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service, Stillwater, Oklahoma. 
• Trade discussion panel, Luis Ribera, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension economist and director of the Center for North American Studies and professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Bryan-College Station. 

For more information, contact Kimura at [email protected].