Texas Blacklands farmers will have an opportunity to review research on weed and grass control in grains sorghum as well as new technologies for cotton production at the 51^st Stiles Farm Field Day June 17 in Thrall.

Also, producers will have an opportunity to see a new online program that will help sort out the new options in the Agricultural Act of 2014.

Grass and weed control in grain sorghum, plus a look at new cotton technologies, will be the focus of the 51st Stiles Farm Field Day scheduled June 17 in Thrall.

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 Archie Abrameit, Stiles Farm manager and Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service specialist, explains the day’s proceedings: “We have several presentations that will be of interest to Blacklands farmers throughout the region,” Abrameit said. “After lunch, we will view an online decision aid tool that will help farmers make decisions pertaining to the new 2014 farm bill.”

Agenda

Morning presentations will begin at 8:30 a.m. and include:

At noon, youth scholarships will be presented and the Taylor Agriculturalist of the Year will be named for 2014. A barbecue meal, sponsored by the Greater Taylor Chamber of Commerce, will follow.

The afternoon sessions begin at 1:30 p.m. with equipment demonstrations by several industry partners, Abrameit said. George Knapek, economist with the Agricultural and Food Policy Center at Texas A&M University, College Station, will give a demonstration on a new online producer decision aid tool.

The Stiles Farm is located at 5700 Farm-to-Market Road 1063, near the intersection of U.S. Highway 79, one mile east of Thrall.

Cost is $10 with registration starting at 7:45 a.m. Presentations and tours begin at 8:30 a.m.

Three certified crop advisor units and three continuing education units will be given to participants who hold a Texas Department of Agriculture pesticide applicators license, Abrameit said.

The Stiles Farm is a non-profit, self-supporting institution established by bequest of the late J.V. and H.A. Stiles for the advancement of agriculture to benefit all Texans. A field day is held at the Stiles Farm each year to introduce producers to the latest research and best management practices.