The Winter Cereals Field Day will take place May 5 at the Stiles Farm Foundation Headquarters, 5700 Farm-to-Market Road 1063, Thrall.
The Winter Cereals Field Day on May 5 in Thrall will focus on wheat and oats. (Texas A&M AgriLife photo)
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service event will run from 9 a.m.-noon. The cost is $10, and lunch is provided courtesy of Texas Farm Bureau – Williamson County. Preregistration is required at https://tx.ag/WinterCerealsFD.
Two Texas Department of Agriculture continuing education units are available, one general and one integrated pest management.
Winter Cereals Field Day topics, speakers
The event will feature Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension specialists from Bryan-College Station who will discuss the new developments being made for winter wheat, and the research and field trials going on at Stiles Farm.
Winter Cereals Field Day topics include:
- New winter wheat varieties.
- New winter oat variety development.
- Diseases and insect pests in winter wheat.
- New fungicides for the control of rusts and scab in winter wheat.
For more information about this event, contact Gary Pastushok, AgriLife Extension agriculture and natural resources agent for Williamson County, at gary.pastushok@ag.tamu.edu, or call the county office at 512-943-3300.
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