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AgriLife Extension educational meetings set during Wichita Falls Ranch & Farm Expo
By: Kay Ledbetter
Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, [email protected]
Contact: David Graf, 940-716-8610, [email protected]
WICHITA FALLS – The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will provide two days of educational meetings during the Wichita Falls Ranch and Farm Expo March 4-5 in the J.S. Bridwell Ag Center, 111 N. Burnett St. in Wichita Falls.
Educational activities each day will provide three Texas Department of Agriculture continuing education units for private pesticide applicators, according to David Graf, AgriLife Extension agriculture and natural resources agent for Wichita County.
Registration is $10 for the sessions that include CEUs. Three CEUs will be offered on March 4, one each in drift management, integrated pest management and general. An addition three will be offered on the range portion of the March 5 program in the areas of laws and regulations, drift management and general.
Ag-Vocating for Agriculture will be a highlight of the two-day event at a free breakfast at 7 a.m. March 4. Guest speakers will be Aaron Alejandro, Texas FFA Foundation executive director, Wichita Falls, and Dr. Chris Boleman, AgriLife Extension assistant director and 4-H youth development state leader, College Station.
The topic and speaker lineup for March 4 is:
– Why and How to Build Soil Health, Nathan Haile, U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resource Conservation Service agronomist, Weatherford.
– Saving Soil Moisture, Dr. Paul DeLaune, Texas A&M AgriLife Research environmental soil scientist, Vernon.
– Cotton Variety and Germplasm Performance, Dr. Randy Boman, Oklahoma State University research director/cotton Extension program leader, Altus, Oklahoma.
– Managing Glyphosate Resistant Weeds, Dr. Wayne Keeling, AgriLife Research weed scientist, Lubbock.
– Drift Management Demonstration, Ross Cantrell, Winfield Solutions retail development manager, Bellevue.
The first day will conclude at 2 p.m. with an evaluation and presentation of CEUs.
The second day will be split between a focus on cattle and ranges in concurrent sessions. The range portion of the program will gather in the meeting area on the south side and be eligible for three additional CEUs. The cattle portion will meet in the arena.
Registration will begin at 8 a.m. At 9 a.m., attendees will have a choice of seeing Dr. Ron Gill, AgriLife Extension animal science program leader from College Station, provide a low-stress cattle handling demonstration or Ralph Porter, DOW AgroSciences sales representative from Abilene, providing information on range and pasture restoration.
At 10 a.m., the concurrent session choices will be Gill providing a live bull evaluation or Henry Krusekopf, a field inspector in Wichita Falls, providing an update on TDA laws and regulation.
The 11 a.m. programs are Stan Bevers, AgriLife Extension economist in Vernon, discussing “How Much Can I Pay for Replacement Heifers,” or Ross Cantrell with Winfield Solutions in Bellevue providing a sprayer calibration demonstration.
Both sessions will adjourn at noon and the annual production bull sale will begin at 1 p.m. in the arena.
More information is available at http://www.starexpos.net/ or by contacting Graf at 940-716-8610 or [email protected].
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In 2023, more than $1 million in revenue was generated across nearly 67,000 products sold. Businesses with products produced or processed in Texas are invited to apply to join the program, and can visit http:// www.gotexan.org/JOIN to apply.
When visiting the State Fair of Texas, make sure to visit the GO TEXAN pavilion to support businesses driving agricultural commerce and explore Texas agricultural commodities outside of North Texas.
The State Fair of Texas is held each year in the fall, and is considered to be the first of the “majors” shows for many students involved in showing livestock. Cattle, hogs, sheep, goats, rabbits, chickens, and even llamas all have a class to enter at the fair.
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