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High Plains Ag Conference – Lubbock
12/12/2014 @ 8:30 am - 4:00 pm
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will conduct the annual High Plains Ag Conference from 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Dec. 12 at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center, 1102 E. Farm-to-Market Road 1294, Lubbock.
Individual preregistration is $35 by Dec. 10 and $45 thereafter and at the door, with no lunch guarantee. For more information, contact Scott at 806-775-1680 or rj-scott@tamu.edu.
Five continuing education units – one integrated pest management, one laws and regulations and three general – will be offered.
All the scheduled speakers except Dr. Ted McCollum, are AgriLife Extension personnel headquartered at Lubbock. McCollum is the AgriLife Extension beef cattle specialist at Amarillo.
Topics and presenters will include:
– Beef Cattle Internal and External Parasite Control, McCollum
– Grape Vineyard Management, Dr. Ed Hellman, viticulturist
– New Systems Technology for Weed Resistance, Dr. Mark Kelley, agronomist
– Exploring the Benefits of a Cover Crop, Dr. Calvin Trostle, agronomist
– 2015 Program Updates, Scott, Dr. Mark Brown, county agent and Vikram Baliga, county horticulturist
– Managing Pigweed Resistance, Dr. Peter Dotray, weed specialist
– Pesticide Laws and Regulations, speaker to be announced
– Farm Bill Update, Dr. Jackie Smith, economist