South Central Texas Ag Conference set for Feb. 25 in Hempstead
Five continuing education units offered, drone demonstration among program highlights
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service offices for Grimes, Waller, Lee and Washington counties will host the South Central Texas Ag Conference on Feb. 25 at Vonderosa Farms, 37427 Joe Loggins Road, Hempstead.
The one-day, in-person conference runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and will offer five Texas Department of Agriculture continuing education units, CEUs, for Texas pesticide applicator license holders.
Preregistration is required. The registration fee is $50 for those who register by Feb.18 and $70 after that date. Payment may be made on the day of the program. Lunch and refreshments are included.
Pest management topics, drone demonstration highlight agenda
The program begins at 8:50 a.m. with a welcome and introductions by AgriLife Extension county agents.
Topics and speakers include:
- Forage pests of warm-season pastures, Stephen Biles, AgriLife Extension agent for integrated pest management, Texas A&M Department of Entomology, Port Lavaca.Picolinic acid training, Stacy Hines, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension rangeland habitat management specialist and assistant professor, Department of Rangeland, Wildlife and Fisheries Management, Corpus Christi.
- Drone demonstration, former student Baylee Jankowski, agricultural drone sales and service technician with Hlavinka Equipment Company.
- Return of the natives, Hines.
- Aquatic vegetation management, Brittany Chesser, AgriLife Extension aquatic vegetation management program specialist and lead diagnostic scientist at AgriLife Extension’s Aquatic Diagnostics Laboratory, Department of Rangeland, Wildlife and Fisheries Management, Bryan-College Station.
For questions, contact Matthew March, AgriLife Extension agriculture and natural resources agent for Waller County, at [email protected] or 979-826-7651
