McLennan County producers invited to West Side Turn Row Meeting June 16
Crop scouting, commodity markets and drone demonstration highlight free field event
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service office in McLennan County will host the West Side Turn Row Meeting on June 16 near Crawford.
On-site registration starts at 8 a.m. in the field off Farmview Parkway.
Attendees must RSVP by June 12; for more information contact the AgriLife Extension office for McLennan County at 254-757-5180 or email Shane McLellan, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension agricultural and natural resources agent in McLennan County, at [email protected].
The conference begins at 8:30 a.m. and concludes at 11 a.m. Breakfast will be provided by AgTrust Farm Credit, and a barbecue sandwich lunch will follow the program, courtesy of the McLennan County Row Crop Committee.
Attendees traveling from the State Highway 84/Farmview Parkway intersection west of McGregor should drive 5 miles north on Farmview Parkway to the windmill tower near Old Spring Road.
Those traveling from the state Highway 317/U.S. Highway 84 intersection in McGregor should drive approximately 3.2 miles to reach Farmview Parkway.
Two Texas Department of Agriculture continuing education units, one integrated pest management and one general, will be available, as well as three and a half continuing education units for certified crop advisers.
Meeting agenda
- Growing season crop update — Ronnie Schnell, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension state cropping systems specialist and professor, Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Bryan-College Station.
- Crop scouting report: insect and disease — Tyler Mays, AgriLife Extension integrated pest management agent in Hill and McLennan counties.
- Agricultural commodity market update — Jason Johnson, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension economist and associate professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Bryan-College Station.
- Utilizing drones for agriculture applications: drone demonstration — Justin Hale, operations director, Ignition Land Services, Joshua.
