The 11th annual Red River Crops Conference for producers in southwestern Oklahoma and the Texas Rolling Plains regions will be held on Jan. 17-18 in Altus, Oklahoma.
The Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service and Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service collaborate each year to offer the event, alternating hosting duties between the two states.
The conference will be from 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. on Jan. 17 and 9 a.m.-3:15 p.m. on Jan. 18 at the Jackson County Expo Center, 300 South Todd Lane.
Cost is $25 per person for one or both days. Lunch will be served each day, and preregistration is encouraged by Jan. 13 for meal counts.
The registration form can be found online at https://tx.ag/RedRiverCropsConf2024. Checks should be payable to the Red River Crops Conference and mailed to the Tillman County Oklahoma State University Extension office, 201 North Main St. #1, Frederick, OK, 79201.
Six Texas Department of Agriculture continuing education units will be available for Texas producers, including five general and one integrated pest management. Oklahoma producers will receive two continuing education units from the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry.
Cotton Day agenda
Presentations on Jan. 17 will highlight cotton. Topics and speakers include:
- National Cotton Council update – Tas Smith, Ph.D., National Cotton Council vice president of producer affairs, Memphis, Tennessee.
- Cotton market update – John Robinson, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension cotton marketing economist and professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics, Bryan-College Station.
- Herbicide program updates – Peter Dotray, Ph.D., Texas A&M AgriLife Research weed specialist and professor in the Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Lubbock.
- Bt technology update – David Kerns, Ph.D, professor and associate department head for AgriLife Extension in the Department of Entomology and statewide integrated pest management coordinator, Bryan-College Station.
- Optimizing cotton fertility in a yield-limiting environment – Katie Lewis, Ph.D., AgriLife Research soil chemistry and fertility scientist and professor in the Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Lubbock.
- Wrap-up and evaluation.
