Moderator: Stephen Labar, TPPA President
Stephen Labar, TPPA President
Giovanni Piccinni, Director, Texas Water Resources Institute
H Ray Smith, TPPA Founder & Chairman of the Board
Billy Howe, Associate Director of Government Affairs, Texas Farm Bureau
Dana Porter, Associate Department Head, Texas A&M Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering
David Collinsworth, General Manager/CEO, Brazos River Authority
Jake Hollingsworth, Deputy General Manager/COO, Gulf Coast Water Authority
Cody Harris, Texas State Representative
Cliff Mock, Ag Consultant, Panel Moderator
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Barron Rector, Texas AgriLife Extension Service, Chairman
Moderator: Luke Etheredge, Bayer
3:30 – 3:40 pm “Nano-Yield”, Dr. Landon Bunderson
3:40 – 3:50pm “New Solutions from BASF”, Adam Hixson
3:50 – 4:00pm “Nichino America, Inc”, David King
4:00 – 4:10 pm “FMC Product Update”, Holly Davis
4:10 – 4:20 pm “Bayer Product Update”, Greg Steele
4:20 – 4:30 pm “Sound Agriculture”, Kendal Huey
4;30 – 4;40 pm ”Syngenta Product Update”, John Gordy
4;40 – 4;50 pm “ Alligare Update”, James Jackson
4:50 – 5:00 pm
Moderator: Bryan Seals, Texas Department of Agriculture
Bryan Seals, Director, Texas Department of Agriculture
Moderator: Tyler Mayes, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension
9:00 – 9:30 “Farm Policy Update” – Bart Fischer, Co-Director Agriculture and Food Policy Center, Texas A&M University
9:30 – 10:00: “Building a Farm Safety Net with Crop Insurance” – Jacob Little, Crop and Range Insurance, Hillsboro, TX
10:00 – 10:15: “Producers Perspective of Farm Profitability Challenges” – Matt Huie, Beeville, TX and Todd Lynn Kimbrall, TALK Farms, Itasca, TX
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Moderator, David Kerns, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension
10:45 – 11:00: “Analyzing Cotton Yield and Quality Across Three Row-Spacing Configurations Using SoiSouth and East-Central Texas” – Oscar Fernandez-Montero, Department of Soil and Crop Science, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, Corpus Christi, TX
11:00 – 11:15: “Water Demand by Cotton and In-Season Management Strategies Related to Water Availability” – Dr. Ben McKnight, Department of Soil and Crop Science, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, College Station, TX
11:15 – 11:30: “Bt Efficacy, Expression, and Cracks in the Vip Technology” – Dr. Tyler Gilreath, Department of Entomology, Amarillo, TX
11:30 – 11:45: “Mechanism of Vip Resistance in Cotton Bollworm” – Dr. Dawson Kerns, Department of Entomology, LSU AgCenter, Winnsboro, LA
11:45 – 12:00 noon: “Overview of the Cotton Jassid, a New Pest of U.S. Cotton” – Department of Entomology, College Station, TX
Moderator: James Jackson, Alligare
10:45 – 11:00: “Chemical Control Options for White Brush” – Katie Joe Pennartz, Ceaser Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute
11:00 – 11:15: “Input Efficient Forage Grasses” – Jeff Gazaway, Southern Territory Sales Manager, Barenberg
11:15 – 11:30: “Managing Prussic Acid Risk in Forages” – Dr. Regan Noland, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, San Angelo, TX
11:30 – 11:45: “Mesquite Management Update in Texas” – James Jackson, Range and Pasture Market Development, Alligare.
11:45 – 12:00 noon: “Kaput Technologies and Uses for Pastures in Texas” – Mark Jones, Kaput
(Included passing of the gavel to new TPPA President by Ray Smith, TPPA Board Chairman)
Moderators: TPPA President Stephen Labor
Moderator: Cliff Mock, Ag Consultant
1:30 – 1:45: “Rice Delphacid Management and Scouting Strategies” – Simeon Ross, Extension Program Specialist Upper Gulf Coast, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, Wharton, TX
1:45 – 2:00: “Resistant Barnyardgrass and Rice Delphacid: Two Major Challenges in Gulf Coast Rice Production” – Dr. Sam Rustom, Extension Agronomist, Department of Soil and Crop Science, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, Eagle Lake, TX
2:00 – 2:15: “Redbanded Stink Bug Management in Soybeans” – Dr. Dawson Kerns, Department of Entomology, LSU AgCenter, Winnsboro, LA
2:15 – 2:30: “Managing Rice Kernel Smut: Challenges and Solutions” – Dr. Shane Zhou, Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension and Research, Beaumont, TX
Moderator: Moderator: Kyle Slusher, Texas A&M AgriLife
1:30 – 1:45: “Use of Entomopathogens to Protect Against Plant Pests and Diseases” – Dr. Kyle Slusher, Department of Entomology, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, Stephenville, TX
1:45 – 2:00: “Understanding Susceptibility, Tolerance, and Resistance Outside the Framework of a Continuum and the Value of Utilizing a Common Definition” – Jacy Lewis, Department of Horticultural Sciences, Fredericksburg, TX
2:00 – 2:15: “Improvements in the Chemical Management of Texas Pecan Diseases” – Paul Goetze, Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, College Station, TX
2:15 – 2:30: “Use of Biopesticide and Biostimulants to Manage Crop Pests and Diseases” – Bob Whitney, Organic Program Specialist, Texas A&M AgriLife, Stephenville, TX
Moderator: Regan Noland, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension
2:45 – 3:00: “Elevating Sorghum’s Place in the Marketplace” – Shelee Padgett, United Sorghum Checkoff
3:00 – 3:15: “Improving ryegrass management in winter wheat: spray volume and variety sensitivity insights” – Dr. Grace Flusche Ogden, Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Texas A&M University-Commerce
3:15 – 3:30: “Corn Leaf Aphid Management Considerations” – Stephen Biles, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension – IPM, Port Lavaca, TX
3:30 – 3:45: “Combating Wheat Leaf and Stripe Rust” – Dr. Brandon Gerrish, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension
Moderator: John Hoyle, Wilbur-Ellis
2:45 – 3:00: Brandon Nors – Precision Planting : “Precision technology for fertilizer placement and efficiency”
3:00 – 3:15: “Optimizing Agriculture: The Role of Potassium Nitrate in Water Conservation”Austin Todd – SQM Central US Sales Representative:
:30: Kevin Meeks – Helena Product Specialist: “Using humic acids to improve on-farm efficiencies”
3:30 – 3:45: Nathan Hlavinka APF Texas Sales Manager: “State of the Industry Update”
