A row of cotton in a field. The June 13 West Side Turn Row meeting in Crawford will feature crop and commodity market updates, results demonstrations and plot viewings.
The June 13 West Side Turn Row Meeting in Crawford will feature crop and commodity market updates, results demonstrations and plot viewings. (Laura McKenzie/Texas A&M AgriLife)

The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service office in McLennan County will host the West Side Turn Row Meeting on June 13 near Crawford.

The free event will be held from 8 a.m.-noon and producers will receive updates on the latest growing season, market trends and emerging pest issues. The meeting area is near the intersection of Farmview Parkway at Old Spring Road. From State Highway 84/Farmview Parkway intersection west of McGregor, drive 5 miles north on Farmview Parkway to the windmill tower.

The deadline to RSVP is June 7. To RSVP, contact the AgriLife Extension office in McLennan County at 254-757-5180 or by emailing [email protected]. Breakfast and a hamburger lunch will be provided.

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 associate professor, Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Bryan-College Station.
  • Crop scouting report — Mark Nemec, agriculture consultant, MJN Consulting, Woodway.
  • Ag commodity market update — Jason Johnson, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension agricultural economist and professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Bryan College Station.
  • Update on cotton root rot — Ray Smith, research consultant, Biological Research Services, Bryan-College Station.
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