7:45 REGISTRATION (Coffee & Donuts)
8:00 VISIT EXHIBITOR DISPLAYS & POSTERS
8:30 WELCOME - Dr. Donald Topliff, Professor and
Head of the Division of Agriculture, West Texas A&M University
INDUSTRY UPDATES: What’s New for 2005?
8:45 MORNING SESSION I: “2005 Udates and
Safety Issues”
Dr. Russ Wallace - Herbicide and Weed Control Update
Dr. Greta Schuster - Fungicide Update and Report on the West Nile
Virus
To be announced - Potato Tuber Moth Concerns for the Texas High Plains
Mr. Levon Harmon -Texas Department of Agriculture Pesticide Safety
Update
10:15 BREAK / VISIT EXHIBITOR DISPLAYS & POSTERS
10:45 MORNING SESSION II: “Vegetable Technology
for Texas”
Dr. Steve Balling - The Vegetable Industry and The Future of Biotechnology
Dr. Steve King - The Watermelon Breeding Program at Texas A&M
University
12:00 LUNCH - Many Thanks to our 2005 Sponsors!
1:00 AFTERNOON SESSION I: “Marketing and
Production Niches for Vegetables”
Ms. Amy Jones - Development and Experiences of Farm Market Retailing
Mr. Hulon Carthel - A Growers Experience with Drip Irrigated Pumpkins
Mr. Mattt Williams -The “Go Texan” Program
Dr. Pat Porter - Africanized Bees on the High Plains
2:30 BREAK / VISIT EXHIBITOR DISPLAYS & POSTERS
3:00 AFTERNOON SESSION II: “Planning Strategies
for Your Business and you”
Mr. Jay Yates -Personnel Management and Labor Regulations
Dr. Joe Pena -Estate Planning and Update on Federal Inheritance Taxes
4:00 WRAP UP / VISIT EXHIBITOR DISPLAYS & POSTERS
4:30 ADJOURN (Exhibit Breakdown)
