The digital 2024 South Texas Agriculture Symposium, hosted by Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service specialists in South Texas, shall be on April 30 in San Antonio.

The symposium shall be from 8 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Contributors will even have the ability to watch the live-streamed occasion on the AgriLife Extension workplace in Bexar County, 3355 Cherry Ridge, Suite 208.

Registration value is $25 by money or examine, with checks payable to Bexar Ag and Pure Assets Committee. The deadline to register is April 22. To register, or for extra info, contact Kennedy Inexperienced at 210-631-0400 or kennedy.inexperienced@ag.tamu.edu.

Agriculture Symposium agenda

The symposium’s focus is to assist producers be taught the most recent greatest practices to extend success on their farms. Subjects will embody:

• From ranch to residence: Frequent plant illnesses and their administration – Kim Cochran, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension plant pathologist and affiliate professor within the Division of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Uvalde.
• Tree administration choices after tough climate situations – Larry Stein, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension horticulture specialist and professor within the Division of Horticultural Sciences, Uvalde.
• Frequent wildlife illnesses and parasites – Jacob Dykes, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension wildlife specialist and assistant professor within the Division of Rangeland, Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Corpus Christi.
• Fundamentals of wildlife administration tax valuation – Elizabeth Tidwell, AgriLife Extension wildlife program specialist within the Division of Rangeland, Wildlife and Fisheries Administration, Uvalde.
• Three necessities to each rangeland administration plan – Stacy Hines, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension rangeland habitat administration specialist and assistant professor within the Division of Rangeland, Wildlife and Fisheries Administration, Corpus Christi.
• The state of our warm-season grasses – Megan Clayton, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension vary specialist and professor within the Division of Rangeland, Wildlife and Fisheries Administration, Uvalde.
• Sedge administration in pastures and hay fields – Josh McGinty, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension agronomist and affiliate professor within the Division of Soil and Crop Sciences, Corpus Christi.
• Choices to develop your cowherd – Karl Harborth, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension livestock specialist and professor within the Division of Animal Science, Corpus Christi.
• Digital agriculture: Financial implications – Yuri Calil, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension economist and assistant professor within the Division of Agricultural Economics, Corpus Christi.

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