Terry and Yoakum Counties Integrated Pest Management

Alternative Crops Workshop and Farm Bill Informational Meeting Date and Time: March 28, 2014; 8:45 AM Location: 702 East Broadway (Seleta Jane Clubhouse), Brownfield, TX 8:45       Registration 9:00       The Benefits of Crop Rotation- Scott A. Russell, Extension Agent-IPM 9:20       Alternative Crops: Production Overview: Sorghum- Calvin Trostle, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Agronomist 10:00     Farm Bill Update- Jackie Smith, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Economist 11:00     Alternative Crops: Production Overviews #2- Calvin Trostle, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Agronomist 2 Texas Department of Agriculture CEUs (1-IPM, 1-General) will be provided to registered… Read More →

Writer: Steve Byrns, 325-653-4576, s-byrns@tamu.edu Contact: Robert Scott, 806-775-1680, rj-scott@tamu.edu   LUBBOCK – The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service’s Lubbock Ag Committee has set their 2014 Turfgrass Management Short Course for April 9 at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center at Lubbock, located at 1102 E. Farm-to-Market Road 1294. The program will run from 8 a.m.-2 p.m. The primary audience will be professional grounds and landscape managers, but homeowners can also benefit, said Robert Scott, AgriLife Extension agent in Lubbock County. “The short course is an… Read More →

Writer: Steve Byrns, 325-653-4576, s-byrns@tamu.edu Contact: Dr. Jackie Smith, 806-746-6101, j-smith34@tamu.edu LUBBOCK — Producers with an eye for profit can weigh various financial options at an upcoming Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service profitability workshop, said an AgriLife Extension economist. Dr. Jackie Smith, AgriLife Extension economist at Lubbock, said the workshop is slated from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. March 26 at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center at Lubbock, 1102 E. Farm-to-Market Road 1294. “Our objective is to provide producers the tools, data and skills needed to evaluate… Read More →

Pesticide Applicator Training Thursday, March 13, 2014 Yoakum County Extension Office 901 Ave. G, Plains, Texas 79355 -R.S.V.P. March 12, 2014- 8:00 AM Registration  8:15 AM Pesticide Applicator Training Start Time; $60.00 fee. 12:00 PM Break for Lunch 1:00 PM Test Time by a TDA Representative (no fee to test) Persons planning to attend need to call the Texas AgriLife Extension, Yoakum County Office 806-456-2263 to make a reservation and order study materials. There will be a $60.00 fee collected for study materials If you need any special… Read More →

Southwest Council of Agribusiness (co-sponsored by the Agricultural Food and Policy Center and Texas A&M AgriLife Extension) Presenters: Dr. Joe Outlaw, AFPC; Tom Sell, Combest, Sell & Associates March 19 – Lamesa, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Forrest Park Community Building, 814 S. Houston (lunch provided) March 20 – Lubbock, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Plains Cotton Cooperative Association Delegate Body Room, 3301 E. 50th St. (enter through west doors – lunch provided) March 21 – Amarillo, time and location TBD ****A complete list of SWCA meetings can be found at http://www.southwest-council.org/farm-bill-forums.html More… Read More →

NATIONAL COTTON COUNCIL AND SWCA SCHEDULE FARM BILL EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS Friday, February 21, 2014           By Mary Jane Buerkle Producers, bankers, and others in the agricultural industry will have the opportunity to learn more about the recently passed Agricultural Act of 2014, the Farm Bill, at several meetings scheduled in the area. The National Cotton Council will host 49 meetings across the Cotton Belt, 16 of those in Texas. A complete list is available at http://www.cotton.org. They are as follows: February 24 – El Campo, 9 a.m., El Campo Civic… Read More →