High Plains Vegetable Conference Set for Jan. 24
[Editor’s Note: Texas Cooperative Extension changed its name to Texas AgriLife Extension Service on Jan. 1, 2008]CANYON -- The sixth annual High Plains Vegetable Conference will be held Jan. 24 in the Alumni Banquet Facility on the West Texas A&M University campus in Canyon, said a Texas AgriLife Extension Service specialist.
The program will begin with registration at 7:45 a.m. and time will be given to view exhibitor displays and posters, said Russ Wallace, AgriLife Extension vegetable specialist from Lubbock. Industry representatives will also be given the opportunity to provide updates on what is new for 2008.
The program will include various experts who will provide the latest information on disease, insect and weed management for vegetables; transitioning to organic and sustainable agriculture; alternative crops; seedling establishment; economics; weed management in turfgrass; and laws and regulations.
The conference is designed for vegetable growers and shippers, consultants, agriculture industry representatives, AgriLife Extension agents, university researchers and Master Gardeners from the High Plains and surrounding regions, Wallace said.
Texas Department of Agriculture will offer 6.5 continuing education credits – four general, two integrated pest management and one-half on laws and regulations, and Master Gardeners will also qualify for continuing education credits, he said.
For more information, contact Wallace at the Texas AgriLife Research and Extension Center at Lubbock at 806-746-6101.
The Texas AgriLife Extension Service is the new name of Texas Cooperative Extension, which provides Texans in all 254 counties with non-biased, research-based education programs and services in agriculture and natural resources, 4-H and youth development, family and consumer sciences, and community economic development.
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