September 04, 2009

Lamb County farm tour set for Sept. 11

By: Steve Byrns, 325-653-4576  
Contact(s): Todd Beyers, 806-385-4222, tbeyers@ag.tamu.edu  
LITTLEFIELD – The Texas AgriLife Extension Service office in Lamb County will conduct a cotton termination training and farm tour starting from the Littlefield Country Club at 9 a.m. Sept. 11.

Three Texas Department of Agriculture continuing education units will be available.

The program will begin with an integrated pest management update followed by a tour of several cotton variety plots located near Littlefield, and a cotton termination presentation by Dr. Randy Bowman, AgriLife Extension cotton specialist at Lubbock.

The meeting will conclude with a hamburger lunch courtesy of First United Bank of Littlefield. Other sponsors are Wilbur-Ellis of Littlefield and Crop Production Services of Fieldton.

For more information call Todd Beyers at the AgriLife Extension office in Lamb County at 806-385-4222, extension 235.

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