County extension offices host pesticide conference
The Tri-County Pesticide Conference will be held Friday, Oct. 21 at the Carroll Green Civic Center in Quitman.
Cost is $30. Preregister by Oct. 7 with the Rains or Wood County agrilife extension offices, 903-473-4580 or 903-763-2924, respectively.
Schedule as follows:
8:30 a.m. - Registration & check out vendors
9 a.m.- Maintaining Soil Health as a Weed Control and Mechanism During A Drought by Clint Perkins, Smith County ANR CEA
10 a.m. - Pesticide Efficiency During Drought by Vanessa Corriher-Olson, Extension Specialist-Forage
11 a.m. - Laws and Regulations Update by Dr. Mark Matocha, Associate Professor and Extension Specialist-Ag & Environmental Safety
Noon - Lunch, visit vendors
1 p.m. - Improving Pesticide Applications by Dr. Mark Matocha
2 p.m. - Corteva Herbicide Update by Colton Spencer, Corteva
3 p.m. - Wrap up & visit vendors