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Conservation Tillage Field Day Scheduled for Jan. 27 in Hidalgo County

January 6, 2009 - Are you interested in learning how to improve your land’s fertility, reduce erosion, improve crop production, and find out about equipment that will help you spend less time spent in the field? If so, then mark your calendar to attend the Conservation Tillage Field Day on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009, at the Immaculate Conception Parish Hall in McCook. The Parish Hall is located on Farm Road 681, 30 miles northwest of McAllen, in west central Hidalgo County.

The USDA-NRCS and the Texas AgriLife Extension Service is sponsoring the one-day workshop that will include field demonstrations.

Time Scheduled Events
8:00 – 8:30 Registration
8:30 – 9:00 South Texas Reduced Tillage Overview: Dr. Charles Stichler, Agronomist (Retired), Texas AgriLife Extension Service
9:00 – 9:30 Economics of Reduced Tillage: Dr. Luis Ribera, Economist, Texas AgriLife Extension Service
9:30 – 10:00 Soil Fertility Management in Reduced Tillage Systems Dr. Charles Stichler, Agronomist (Retired), Texas AgriLife Extension Service
10:00 – 10:15 Break
10:15 – 10:45 No-Till and Strip-Till Implements: Cleve Gustin, Regional Salesman, Orthman Tools
10:45 – 11:15 Farming with Conservation Tillage: Buck Braswell, Director of Willacy SWCD/Farmer; Ernest Bippert Jr., Director of Kenedy-Kleberg SWCD/Farmer
11:15 – 11:45 EQIP Incentives: Bruce Henderson, Zone Agronomist, NRCS, Corpus Christi
11:45 – 12:00 Introduction of Sponsors
12:00 – 12:45 Lunch
12:45 – 2:00 Field Review of Demonstration Plantings: Larry Skloss, Director of Hidalgo SWCD/Farmers

Lunch will be provided and three continuing education units (CEUs) will be offered to attendees.

Sponsors include Weaks Martin Implement Company, Inc., Mission; Capitol Farm Credit, Edinburg; Wilbur-Ellis Company, Edinburg; Helena Chemical Company, Donna; Pioneer Equipment Company RGV, Mission; Seiver Implement Company, Donna; Hidalgo Soil & Water Conservation District; Texas/Mexico Border Coalition CBO, Rio Bravo Resource Conservation and Development (RC&D) and Starr Soil & Water Conservation District.

For more information, call Bruce Henderson at 361-241-0609.

Contact

Melissa Blair, 361-241-0609

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