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:

• Fleahopper and other plant bug scouting techniques
• Conducting whole plant cotton inspections
• Cotton square ID, mapping and calculating fruit retention/drop
• Corn and sorghum early season scouting review
• Corn rootworm lookout, and common lep larva ID and current events
• 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.