The Annual Nueces County Crop Tour will take place on Friday, June 11 with registration at 8:30 a.m. at the Texas AgriLife Research and Extension Center at 10345, State Hwy 44, just west of the Corpus Christi Airport, followed by the tour bus departing promptly at 8:45 a.m.
In addition to touring the traditional cotton and grain sorghum variety tests, and a cotton plant population study the tour will also feature a tour of the new Drought Research Laboratory. Other topics to be addressed during the tour event will include; New Grain Sorghum and Cotton Technology, Weed Herbicide Resistance Management, Sorghum Harvest Aids, Algae Research in Coastal Bend, Boll Weevil Eradication and Pesticide Laws.
Pesticide applicators and Certified Crop Advisors will be able to obtain 3 CEU’s for participation in this event which will conclude by 2 p.m. The tour is being sponsored by the Nueces County Extension Crops Committee, Texas AgriLife Extension Service and numerous agribusinesses. Those planning to participate should contact the Nueces County Extension Office by Thursday, June 10 at 361-767-5223.
