CAMERON—The annual Milam County Row Crops tour is set for June 21 beginning at the Texas AgriLife Extension Office in Cameron.
It will feature a grain sorghum demonstration plot at the Jay Beckhusen place near Buckholts and a corn demonstration plot at the Buddy Johnson place near San Gabriel.
Registration opens at 7 a.m. at the extension office, 100 E. First in Cameron.
The crops tour offers three continuing education units, two in Integrated Pest Management (IPM).
Participants must call the extension office at 254-697-7045 to RSVP.
• 7 to 7:30 a.m.—Registration, Extension Office.
• 8 to 9 a.m.—Grain sorghum demonstration variety trial, Dr. Ronnie Schell, extension grain sorghum and corn specialist, and Dr. David Kerns, professor and statewide IPM coordinator.
• 9 to 9:30 a.m.—Cotton IPM discussion and update, Dr. Kerns.
Move to corn plot
• 9:50 to 10:30 a.m.—Corn demonstration variety trial, Dr. Schell.
Move to Thorndale VFW
• 10:45 to 11:15 a.m.— Farm Service Agency/Farm Bill update, Kevin Humphrey, Milam County FSA director.
• 11:20 a.m. to 12-noon—2019-20 commodity market outlook and update, Dr. John R.C. Robinson, Texas A&M extension economist.
Lunch-Thorndale
Meat Market
• 12:30 to 1 p.m.—Plant pathology-diseases and management options, Dr. Tom Isakeit, Texas A&M University, extension specialist in fi eld crops.
• 1 to 2 p.m.—Eminent domain and land owner rights, Gene Hall, senior management staff, director of communications, Texas Farm Bureau.
• 2 p.m.—Evaluations, CEU certificates, door prizes.
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