Check out this feature for events that will help you farm smarter and more profitably and stay in touch with those involved in Mid-South agriculture.
To list your organization’s special event in the Delta Farm Press Calendar of Events, e-mail details, including contact person, phone number, etc., to: Ed Phillips, ephillips@farmpress.com.
March 9-10: Greenhouse Tomato Short Course, Eagle Ridge Conference Center, Raymond, Miss. Information and registration: http://greenhousetomatosc.com. Rick Snyder, RickS@ra.msstate.edu.
March 10-12: American Feed Industry Association Purchasing and Ingredient Suppliers Conference, Hilton Palacio Del Rio in San Antonio, Texas. More details can be found at www.afia.org.
March 11: Missouri Agricultural Outlook Conference, Capitol Plaza Hotel, Jefferson City, Mo. 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The conference provides farmers and agricultural leaders their first look at the annual 10-year baseline projection by MU Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute. The economists will discuss the driving forces of change in Missouri agriculture and bio-fuel markets. The schedule provides time for questions and answers, plus discussion from the floor. This meeting is for producers, agribusiness and farm group leaders, and state policymakers. Guest speaker will be Jason Henderson, vice president and Omaha branch executive of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. In addition to giving commodity projections, speakers will cover international issues and changing energy, climate and agricultural policies. Advance registration is required through the MU Conference office. The $25 registration fee covers lunch and materials. Program and registration details are at: http://fapri.missouri.edu.
March 11: Mississippi State University High Tunnel Field Day, MSU Truck Crops Experiment Station, Crystal Springs, Miss. 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Registration includes lunch and is $15 by March 1 and $25 per person after that. Basics of producing fruits, vegetables and cut flowers in high tunnels. Tours of high tunnels being used to grow a variety of crops. Speakers are Curt Rom of the University of Arkansas, Carl Motsenbocker of Louisiana State University and Dave Dowling of Farmhouse Flowers and Plants of Maryland. Exhibitors will be on hand offering products and services related to high tunnel crop production. Growers can learn about a cost-share program for high tunnels that is available through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Resource Conservation Service. The high tunnel field day is sponsored by MSU, the Mississippi Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association, and the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce. The MSU Truck Crops Experiment Station is at 2024 Experiment Station Road in Crystal Springs. Details are available at http://msucares.com/crops/hightunnels/news.html. Contact Gu at (662) 325-1682 or mgu@pss.msstate.edu for more information.
March 11-12: Mississippi Women in Agriculture State Conference, Bost Extension Center, Mississippi State University, Starkville, Miss. Agenda that continues the program’s goal to improve business skills of farm owners and managers. Registration is $100 and due by March 4. Topics include legal trends, leadership, groundwater regulations, climate change and alternative energy. Participants will have a chance to tour several MSU agricultural facilities, the food technology laboratory and the College of Veterinary Medicine during the conference. Registration forms can be downloaded from the Mississippi Women in Agriculture Web site at http://msucares.com/womeninag. Mail the form with payment to Sonia Hancock, Mississippi Women in Agriculture, P.O. Box 9656, Mississippi State, MS 39762. For more information, contact Hancock at (662) 325-3207 or womeninag@ext.msstate.edu.
March 26: Pesticide Applicator Training, Lon Mann Cotton Research Station, Hwy 1 south of Marianna, Ark. 8:30 a.m. Lunch provided. (800) 295-7720.
April 10: 35th Annual World Catfish Festival, downtown Belzoni, Miss. 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. Activities include live entertainment all day, catfish eating contest, crowning of the Catfish Queen, 5K run, new rides just for the kids, a carnival with rides and entertainment, fun for the entire family, over 140 arts and crafts vendors. www.belzonims.com or (800) 408-4838.
April 13-14: 2010 Arkansas Water Resources Center Annual Research and Watershed Conference, University of Arkansas Global Campus Conference Center, 2 East Center Street, Fayetteville, Ark. Registration begins at 7:30 a.m. and the first session will begin at 8:15 a.m. Session topics include ground water quality and resources, reservoir hydrodynamics and water research needs, and stream bank restoration design and examples in Arkansas. A poster session and student poster competition will be held on the 13th from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Registration fee is $95 for professionals and $50 for presenters and students, and includes breakfast, lunch and a social on Tuesday and breakfast and optional stream restoration tour on Wednesday. CEUs are available for an additional fee. For more information on the conference, or if you are interested in presenting a poster, visit the AWRC website at www.uark.edu/depts/awrc
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Keeping crop protection chemicals on the crop for which they are intended has been a cornerstone of farming not only to protect neighboring crops, but to not waste money allowing products to drift off the intended target. This accredited online continuing education course covers the critical elements of spray drift management.
