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Bomen and Bevers honored at 6th annual Red River Conference.

Shelley E. Huguley, Editor

February 10, 2019

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Gary Strickland, Jackson County, Oklahoma, Extension CED and Southwest Research and Extension Centers Dryland Cropping Systems Specialist, left, with honoree Dr. Randy Boman, senior technical service manager in cotton for Indigo Ag, Altus, Okla., center; and Dr. Emi Kimura, assistant professor, Extension agronomist and State Extension peanut specialist, Vernon, Texas.

Dr. Randy Boman and  Stan Bevers were honored for their development and execution of the Red River Crops Conference at the 6th annual conference in Childress, Texas, in January. The Red River Crops Conference is a bi-state crops conference geared towards Oklahoma and Texas growers covering various commodities.

Boman, formally Oklahoma State University Extension State Cotton lead, in Altus, Okla., now serves as the senior technical service manager in cotton for Indigo Ag. Bevers, who was unable to attend due to a prior engagement, is retired.

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“This conference was formed with the objective to present information from research conducted in Southwest Oklahoma and the Texas Rolling Plains to producers who farm in that same regional area,” says Gary Strickland, Jackson County Extension CED and Southwest Research and Extension Centers Dryland Cropping Systems Specialist, who also serves on the conference planning committee.

Boman, an Oklahoma State University graduate, spent 15 years with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension in Lubbock, Texas, as their cotton specialist before returning to Oklahoma in 2011, where he served as the research director and cotton Extension program leader for seven years.

“Randy was wanting to develop a regional cotton conference. We were wanting to develop an annual crops conference and we married the two together,” explains Strickland. “We came across the river and started visiting with Stan Bevers.”

Bevers was a professor and Extension economist-management for The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, District 3 at Vernon, Texas. His primary focus was in ranch management and analysis, business planning, managerial accounting, and marketing.

The first conference was held in 2014 with the commitment to rotate the location each year between Texas and Oklahoma. The annual, two-day event is a joint effort between Texas A&M AgriLife and Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Services.

“We are very proud of the conference. Over the years, we’ve seen that you as producers and sponsors appreciate the conference and the information presented,” says Strickland to a packed room.

The annual event is spearheaded by an 11-member planning committee made up of agriculture agents, and extension educators and specialists from both Texas A&M and Oklahoma.

Boman was presented a bronze bust of a cowboy carrying the good news of agriculture with the conference logo displayed on the front. “Dr. Boman we appreciate you for all of the years of hard work and service. It was always a pleasure working with you and continuing to work with you,” says Strickland. 

Dr. Randy Boman and  Stan Bevers were honored for their development and execution of the Red River Crops Conference at the 6th annual conference in Childress, Texas, in January. The Red River Crops Conference is a bi-state crops conference geared towards Oklahoma and Texas growers covering various commodities.

Boman, formally Oklahoma State University Extension State Cotton lead, in Altus, Okla., now serves as the senior technical service manager in cotton for Indigo Ag. Bevers, who was unable to attend due to a prior engagement, is retired.

“This conference was formed with the objective to present information from research conducted in Southwest Oklahoma and the Texas Rolling Plains to producers who farm in that same regional area,” says Gary Strickland, Jackson County Extension CED and Southwest Research and Extension Centers Dryland Cropping Systems Specialist, who also serves on the conference planning committee.

Boman, an Oklahoma State University graduate, spent 15 years with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension in Lubbock, Texas, as their cotton specialist before returning to Oklahoma in 2011, where he served as the research director and cotton Extension program leader for seven years.

“Randy was wanting to develop a regional cotton conference. We were wanting to develop an annual crops conference and we married the two together,” explains Strickland. “We came across the river and started visiting with Stan Bevers.”

Bevers was a professor and Extension economist-management for The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, District 3 at Vernon, Texas. His primary focus was in ranch management and analysis, business planning, managerial accounting, and marketing.

The first conference was held in 2014 with the commitment to rotate the location each year between Texas and Oklahoma. The annual, two-day event is a joint effort between Texas A&M AgriLife and Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Services.

“We are very proud of the conference. Over the years, we’ve seen that you as producers and sponsors appreciate the conference and the information presented,” says Strickland to a packed room.

The annual event is spearheaded by an 11-member planning committee made up of agriculture agents, and extension educators and specialists from both Texas A&M and Oklahoma.

Boman was presented a bronze bust of a cowboy carrying the good news of agriculture with the conference logo displayed on the front. “Dr. Boman we appreciate you for all of the years of hard work and service. It was always a pleasure working with you and continuing to work with you,” says Strickland. 

About the Author(s)

Shelley E. Huguley

Editor, Southwest Farm Press

Shelley Huguley has been involved in agriculture for the last 25 years. She began her career in agricultural communications at the Texas Forest Service West Texas Nursery in Lubbock, where she developed and produced the Windbreak Quarterly, a newspaper about windbreak trees and their benefit to wildlife, production agriculture and livestock operations. While with the Forest Service she also served as an information officer and team leader on fires during the 1998 fire season and later produced the Firebrands newsletter that was distributed quarterly throughout Texas to Volunteer Fire Departments. Her most personal involvement in agriculture also came in 1998, when she married the love of her life and cotton farmer Preston Huguley of Olton, Texas. As a farmwife, she knows first-hand the ups and downs of farming, the endless decisions made each season based on “if” it rains, “if” the drought continues, “if” the market holds. She is the bookkeeper for their family farming operation and cherishes moments on the farm such as taking harvest meals to the field or starting a sprinkler in the summer with the whole family lending a hand. Shelley has also freelanced for agricultural companies such as Olton CO-OP Gin, producing the newsletter Cotton Connections while also designing marketing materials to promote the gin. She has published articles in agricultural publications such as Southwest Farm Press while also volunteering her marketing and writing skills to non-profit organizations such as Refuge Services, an equine-assisted therapy group in Lubbock. She and her husband reside in Olton with their three children Breely, Brennon and HalleeKate.

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