Rolling Plains field day set for Sept. 17 at Chillicothe
Event to feature updates on cotton, peanut, cowpea, guar, forages and wheat varieties
The Chillicothe Field Day will be held from 7:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Sept. 17 at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research Station at Chillicothe, 1340 Farm-to-Market Road 392, Chillicothe.
The field day, coordinated by Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and AgriLife Research faculty at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center at Vernon, will provide the latest crop and forage variety information tailored to the Texas Rolling Plains.
The field day is free to attend. Register at tx.ag/ChillicotheFieldDay, or for more information, contact Emi Kimura, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension statewide peanut specialist, agronomist and professor in the Texas A&M Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Vernon, at [email protected].
Participants can earn three general Texas Department of Agriculture pesticide applicator continuing education units.
On the agenda
Morning events will be kicked off by Chris Cobos, Ph.D., AgriLife Research environmental soil scientist and assistant professor in the Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Vernon.
The topics and speakers will be:
- Weed, Pest and Disease Pressures and Updates in Cotton Production, Maxwell Smith, Ph.D., Oklahoma State University Extension assistant specialist-integrated pest management for cotton, Altus, Oklahoma.
- Soil Fertility and Nutrient Dynamics in Cotton Systems, Katie Lewis, Ph.D., AgriLife Research soil chemistry and fertility scientist and professor, Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, at the Texas A&M Research and Extension Center at Lubbock.
- Soil Health Parameters in Cotton Agroecosystems, Joseph Burke, Ph.D., AgriLife Research and AgriLife Extension soil and water specialist and assistant professor, Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Lubbock.
- Rolling Plains Cotton Growers Update, Lauren Decker, Rolling Plains Cotton Growers executive vice president, Stamford.
- Texas A&M AgriLife Peanut Breeding Program: Cultivars and Diesel Nuts, Johnny Cason, Ph.D., AgriLife Research peanut breeder and associate professor, Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center at Stephenville.
- Cowpea and Guar: Potential Rotational Crops for Dryland Production, Waltram Ravelombola, Ph.D., AgriLife Research organic and specialty crop breeder and assistant professor, Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Vernon.
- Developing an Intelligent Cropping Systems Program for the Texas Rolling Plains, Ravinder Singh, Ph.D., AgriLife Research intelligent cropping systems scientist and assistant professor, Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Vernon.
- Rainfall Insurance in the Texas Rolling Plains, Pancho Abello, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension agricultural economist and assistant professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics, Vernon.
- Cotton Planning Configurations, Seeding Rates and Variety Performance, Ken Legé, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension cotton specialist and assistant professor, Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Lubbock.
- Growth Stage-Based Irrigation Strategies for Cotton and Grain Sorghum, Srini Ale, Ph.D., AgriLife Research agrohydrologist and professor, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Vernon.
- Sensor Technologies and Internet of Things, IoT, Updates in Beef Cattle Production, Bill Pinchak, Ph.D., AgriLife Research animal nutritionist and professor, Department of Rangeland, Wildlife and Fisheries Management, Vernon.
- Summer-Dormant Cool-Season Perennial Grasses in the Texas Rolling Plains, Dariusz Malinowski, Ph.D., AgriLife Research plant physiologist and ornamental plant breeder and professor, Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Vernon.
- Selecting Wheat Varieties, Brandon Gerrish, AgriLife Extension statewide small grains specialist and assistant professor, Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Bryan-College Station.
