Plains Pest Management Series

The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service offices of Hale and Swisher counties have a series of six scout training days scheduled from June through September. The hands-on training days will target specific field scouting subjects, agronomic stages, pests and pest management.

Topics include:

• Lygus and early bollworm scouting updates
• Measuring NAWF in cotton
• Conducting whole plant inspections on blooming cotton
• Managing/scouting for quality cotton
• Scouting for plant growth regulators, or PGR, needs and proper drop cloth use
• Estimating irrigation needs in cotton through data collection
• Taking tissue samples
• Scouting corn for economic pests and diseases
• Sorghum reproductive stages
• Scouting sorghum for economic pests
• Key beneficial ID

Each training is free for AgriLife Extension agents and specialists and $75 per training for the general public. Spots will be limited to five per date, so RSVP promptly by phone to 806-291-5267 or email to blayne.reed@ag.tamu.edu.