2023 Texas Fruit Conference- Commercial Orchard Tour Wednesday, October 18th, 12:00-4:30 pm, Fredericksburg Area The firsthand experiences of other fruit growers is invaluable! Two Fredericksburg area fruit growers will open their gates and relate their own firsthand experiences in growing and marketing fruits in the Gillespie County area. For new and prospective fruit growers, it’s a … […]

2023 Texas Fruit Conference Intro to Fruit Growing Workshop Wednesday, October 18th, Gillespie County AgriLife Extension Office, 38 Business Ct., Fredericksburg, Texas. Fruit orchards begun correctly with appropriate natural resources, human input planning, crop selection, and plant protection strategies can be important sources of primary or secondary farm income in Texas. They can also be … […]

Save the date for the 12th annual Texas Fruit Conference, a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension educational conference developed and delivered by the TAMU Department of Horticultural Sciences in an effort to bring fruit growers, Extension specialists and researchers together to increase the opportunities and sustainability of growing fresh fruit in Texas.DATES-October 18-20, 2023, Fredericksburg, Texas … […]

The Texas Fruit Conference brings together the diverse interests in growing fruit in Texas for education & networking. Registration Information: http://agriliferegister.tamu.edu/fruit/ Monday Morning October 11th, Intro to Fruit Growing Workshop 8:30-9:00   Site Selection: Is this a good place for an orchard? Jim Kamas, Extension Specialist,  Texas A&M AgriLife Extension 9:00 -9:30 Crop and Variety Selection: … […]

The Texas Pecan Short Course is a comprehensive class aimed at preparing individuals to enter the pecan business. All aspects of commercial pecan production are covered from basic botany to tree planting, integrated pest management,marketing, etc. The class setting is the Department of Horticultural Science’s HortTREC facility, a field laboratory located in the Brazos River … […]

Monday, October 28th, New Braunfels Civic Convention Center, 375 S. Castell Ave., New Braunfels, Texas 78130 8:00 AM Registration 9:00 AM Fruit Production & Consumption Dynamics in Texas, Monte Nesbitt, Texas A&M AgriLife College Station 9:25 AM Blackberry Disease Review 9:50 AM Break 10:15 AM Blackberry Insect Review, Erfan Vafaie, Texas A&M AgriLife Overton 10:40 … […]

The Texas Fruit Conference is set for October 28th and 29th at the New Braunfels Civic Convention Center, 375 S Castell Ave, New Braunfels, TX 78130. Full conference program is shown below. We are excited to announce that the 8th annual offering of this event will feature 15 different speakers and 18 presentations covering a … […]

Location-City of New Braunfels Civic Convention Center, 375 S. Castell Avenue, New Braunfels, TX 78130 Conference Registration Link: https://agriliferegister.tamu.edu/organizationListings/158 Lodging Links: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.marriott.com_meeting-2Devent-2Dhotels_group-2Dcorporate-2Dtravel_groupCorp.mi-3FresLinkData-3DTexas-2520A-2526M-2520University-2520Fruit-2520Conference-255ESATNB-2560TAMTAMA-257CTAMTAMB-256099.00-2560USD-2560false-25604-2560-3BSATBF-2560TAMTAMA-257CTAMTAMB-256079.00-2560USD-2560false-25604-256010_14_18-256010_17_18-25609_28_18-26app-3Dresvlink-26stop-5Fmobi-3Dyes&d=DwMFAw&c=ODFT-G5SujMiGrKuoJJjVg&r=qIIxxmoHuXIgaj2pN-g9jPcUZ8tb0c9dPzYdP5nni9E&m=XvmqsgrKKNcOv04_v_SmL4X7cRJxWVdpMi3fIZt6n0k&s=F-_CvOpLmA0SFF1d5dvi1NONrBIRp6V0FVfc1UkeH8E&e= Contact for more information: Monte Nesbitt, 979-862-1218, MLNesbitt@tamu.edu 2018 CONFERENCE PROGRAM—(Relative order and times can change) Monday Afternoon October 15th, 11:00 am-1:00 pm On-Site Registration 1:00-1:35 Plums in Texas—History, Challenges and Potential,  Dr. George Ray … […]

Monday Afternoon October 2nd, 2017,  City of New Braunfels Civic Convention Center 11:30-1:00 pm On-Site Registration Session 1: Basic Training for New Growers 1:00-1:50 Evaluating and preparing soil for a new orchard, Jim Kamas 2:00-2:50 Irrigation system installation, management and modification,  Larry Stein 3:00-3:15 Break 3:15-4:00 Reducing tree and vine failure with good planting technique and establishment practices, Monte … […]

Monday Afternoon October 31st, 2016 City of New Braunfels Civic Convention Center 11:00am-1:00 pm On-Site Registration   1:00-4:30 New Grower Session   1:00 History of Commercial Fuit Growing in Texas Dr. George Ray McEachern, Texas A&M University 1:40   Neuromarketing Food and Agricultural Products Dr. Marco Palma, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, College Station 2:10   … […]