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The Wichita Falls Ranch, Farm and Hemp Expo hosted by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will be held March 10-11 at the J.S. Bridwell Agricultural Center, 111 N. Burnett St., Wichita Falls.
The program on March 10 will begin with registration and a free breakfast at 6:30 a.m., followed by the program beginning at 7:30 a.m. and concluding at 2:30 p.m. The program on March 11 will begin at 8 a.m. and end at noon.
The registration fee is $15 and covers either or both days for those needing Texas Agriculture Department continuing education units. Three CEUs – two general and one license and registration – will be offered each day.
To register or for more information, contact Melba Flinn at 940-716-8610 or melba.flinn@ag.tamu.edu.
Special event this year
A new event this year will be a luncheon honoring veterans and agriculture producers on March 10, with Cleo Franklin of Franklin Strategic Solutions and Franklin Leadership Foundation. It is free for military, but all civilians must pay $10, and all must register by Feb. 28.
Following lunch, the veterans and agricultural producers financial aid topics and speakers will include:
– Battle Ground to Breaking Ground, Erin Kimbrough, AgriLife Extension program manager, Bryan-College Station.
– Financial Programs for Land and Homes, Mallory Morris, Texas General Land Office, Dallas; Kelley Boone, U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency, Vernon; and Bridget Moon, USDA Small Business Administration, Dallas.
– Conservation Programs for Land Improvement, Eileen Vale, USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service, NRCS, Iowa Park.
– Health Care for Veterans and Their Family, Rachel Brauner, AgriLife Extension military program specialist, Bryan-College Station, and David Johnson, Texas Veterans Network, Dallas.
On the CEU agenda
On March 10, topics and speakers will be:
– Limiting Herbicide Failure, Scott Nolte, AgriLife Extension state weed specialist, Bryan-College Station.
– Updates of Pesticide Laws and Regulations, Henry Krusekopf, Texas Department of Agriculture, Dallas.
– Adjuvants – What Are They? How Do They Work?, Nolte.
On March 11, topics and speakers will be:
– NRCS Work Group Survey, Vale.
– Laws and Regulations for Pesticide Use, Krusekopf.
– Nontraditional Pesticide Products – What to Consider, Todd Baughman, Oklahoma State University Institute for Agricultural Biosciences weed specialist, Ardmore, Oklahoma.
– Sprayer Management for Best Results, Billy Campbell, Envu, Matador.
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