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Plains Pest Management Series

September 16, 2019 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

$75

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:

  • Cotton harvest aid scouting
  • Making cotton yield estimates
  • Late-season cotton aphid scouting to prevent sticky cotton
  • Determining the last harvestable boll in cotton, its realistic needs and irrigation termination
  • Managing cotton regrowth
  • Measuring late sorghum/corn needs
  • Late-season sugarcane aphid scouting in sorghum
  • Sorghum harvest aid scouting

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.

Details

Date:
September 16, 2019
Time:
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Cost:
$75

Organizer

Hale and Swisher Counties Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
Phone
806-291-5267
Email
Blayne.Reed@ag.tamu.edu

Venue

Halfway Experiment Station
823 U.S. Highway 70
Plainview, Texas 79072
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