Irrigation and Crops Tour is Sept. 6, at Halfway

Writer: Tim W. McAlavy, 806-746-6101, email: t-mcalavy@tamu.edu

LUBBOCK -- Farmers on the High Plains can learn more about the latest irrigation research, and crop
performance under different irrigation regimes at a Sept. 6 regional irrigation and crops tour sponsored by Texas
Cooperative Extension and the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station.

The experiment station at Halfway (Hale County) will host the field day, beginning with registration at 8:30 a.m.
The Halfway station is 15 miles west of Plainview on U.S. Hwy. 70. There is no fee to attend, and the tour will
conclude shortly before noon.

Topics and speakers on the agenda include:
     •    Food Grade (White) Sorghum Hybrid Trial, Calvin Trostle, Extension agronomist
     •    Cotton Varieties and COTMAN Review, Mark Kelley, Extension cotton assistant
     •    No-Till Cotton, Wayne Keeling, Experiment Station systems agronomist
     •    Variable Rate Irrigation on Cotton and Corn, Jim Bordovsky, Experiment Station ag engineer
     •    Drip Irrigation Equipment: Questions and Answers, Dana Porter, Extension irrigation specialist

Those who attend can qualify for two continuing education units (CEU’s).

A post-tour meeting with Trostle will focus on other field research at the Halfway station, including:
sunflower hybrids and seeding rates; food grade sorghums; soybean planting dates; and strip sorghum-cotton
crop rotations.

For more information on this event, call Texas A&M’s Research and Extension Center at Lubbock
at (806) 746-6101; or the Halfway station at (806) 889-3315.