Burleson County landowner program on Oct. 30 covers feral hogs, screwworm, ponds and grapes

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will hold its Burleson County Fall Landowner Program on Friday, Oct. 30, at the Burleson County Expo Center, 905 Texas State Highway 36 S. in Caldwell.

The program runs from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., with on-site check-in opening at 7 a.m. The cost is $40 per person and covers lunch. AgriLife asks attendees to preregister by Monday, Oct. 26, by calling the Burleson County Extension office at 979-567-2308.

Participants can earn three continuing education units from the Texas Department of Agriculture: two general and one in integrated pest management.

Sessions

Controlling feral hogs and methods for dealing with New World screwworm, with AgriLife wildlife specialist Marcus Blum, Ph.D.
Diseases and other health problems in trees, with AgriLife specialist Stephanie Adams, Ph.D., of the Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology.
Managing winter weeds and getting pastures ready for spring, with range specialist Barron Rector, Ph.D.
Stocking and managing a fish pond, with Daniel Hoffman of Trophy Fisheries.
An introduction to growing grapes in Central Texas, with viticulture specialist Justin Scheiner, Ph.D.

Blum and Rector are with Texas A&M's Department of Rangeland, Wildlife and Fisheries Management, and Scheiner is with the Department of Horticultural Sciences, according to AgriLife.

Sources

agrilifetoday.tamu.edu

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