March 19th - MULTI COUNTY ROW-CROP & IPM CONFERENCE - Plainview

1^ST ANNUAL MULTI COUNTY ROW-CROP & IPM CONFERENCE

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and Texas Pest Management Association are hosting the 1^st Annual Multi County Row-Crop & IPM Conference on March 19, 2019 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Ollie Liner Center, 2000 S. Columbia St. in Plainview. TDA and CCA CEU’s are available.  The cost of registration is $20.00. Lunch will be provided.

TDA APPROVED CEU’S – 4 + {2-Auxin}  (1- IPM, 3- Gen, {2-Laws & Regs})

CCA APPROVED CEU’S – 6  (1.5 - IPM, 3.0 - Crop Man., 0.5 - Prof. Dev., 0.5 - Nut. Man., 0.5 – Soil & Water Man.)

TOPICS

• Bt Efficacy and Corn rootworm Management & 2018 Corn IPM - Dr. Pat Porter
• Thrips Control and Early Season Cotton Pests in West Texas & Early Season Insecticide Tank Mixes - Dr. Suhas Vyavhare
• Bollworm Resistance Update and Management in Cotton & Advances in West Texas Pest Management - Blayne Reed, Dr. Pat Porter, Dr. Suhas Vyavhare
• 2018 Local Phytogen Cotton Variety Trials - Nikolas Clarkson & Blayne Reed
• 2018 South Plains Cotton Variety RACE Trial Results & 2019 Cotton Agronomic Research Direction - Dr. Murilo Maeda
• 2018 Mid-Plains Cotton Variety RACE Trial Results & 2019 Irrigated Cotton PGR Considerations - Dr. Jourdan Bell
• Roundtable Discussion - Practical and Potential Uses of Drones and Field Imagery in Agriculture in West Texas - Dr. Murilo Maeda, Blayne Reed, Dr. Jourdan Bell, Forrest Baldwin.  Moderator – Dr. Pat Porter
• Review of Cotton Water Use Efficiency and Application Timing Trial Results from Halfway - Jim Bordovsky
• Review of Cotton Weed Control Systems Approaches - Dr. Pete Dotray
• Roundtable Discussion – Crop Rotation / Profitably Growing Cotton in 2019 - Dr. Jourdan Bell, Dr. Peter Dotray, Jim Bordovsky, Dr. Suhas Vyavhare.  Moderator – Blayne Reed
• Gene Drive Technology; Introduction & Impressions of the Next Potential Breakthrough in Pest Management - Blayne Reed
• Auxin Training - Nikolas Clarkson

WHO’S WHO

• Nikolas Clarkson –Extension Agent Agronomy Hale, Lamb, & Castro, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, Lubbock, TX
• Blayne Reed – Extension Agent IPM Hale, Swisher, & Floyd, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, Plainview, TX
• Dr. Pat Porter – District 2 Entomology Extension Specialist, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, Lubbock, TX
• Dr. Suhas Vyavhare – District 2 Cotton Entomology Extension Specialist, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, Lubbock, TX
• Dr. Murilo Maeda – District 2 Cotton Agronomy Extension Specialist, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, Lubbock, TX
• Dr. Jourdan Bell – District 1 Agronomy Extension Specialist, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, Amarillo, TX
• Forrest Baldwin – President & Chief Pilot, AeroInfo, Wichita Falls, TX
• Jim Bordovksy, P.E. – Agricultural Engineer and Research Scientist, Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Halfway, TX
• Dr. Peter Dotray – Professor, Texas Tech University/Weed Science Extension Specialist and Research Fellow, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension & Research, Lubbock, TX 

 
Thanks to our sponsors!

             Gowan             Phytogen Cotton            Tri-Star Chemical        Texas Corn Producers

                     Plains Land Bank                                 Texas Pest Management Association

       Texas A&M AgriLife Extension               Hale County                             USDA/NIFA
 

 Come out and see us for a great meeting!!!

Blayne Reed