Extension Educationin Williamson County

The annual Stiles Farm Foundation Field Day will be from 4:15 p.m.-8:15 p.m. on Tuesday, June 11th, at 5700 Farm-to Market Road 1063. No pre-registration is required. In-person registration begins at 4:15 p.m. 2 CEU Credits are available. Farm tour will begin loading at 5:15 p.m. onto air-conditioned buses and will stop at four locations. Topics include:
• Fat up or fat down? What every Texan needs to know about BBQ — Jeffery W. Savell, Ph.D., vice chancellor and dean for the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Texas A&M, Bryan-College Station.
• Where the rubber meets the road: Soil and planter equipment interactions and profitable fertilizer decision making — Tony Provin, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension specialist and director, AgriLife Extension Soil and Water Testing Laboratory, and professor in the Texas A&M Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Bryan-College Station.
• John Deere See and Spray technology demonstration — Kyle Lanier, test supervisor, John Deere, Austin.
• Lessons learned from current growing season: Insect and weed control management in grain — Ronnie Schnell, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension agronomist and professor in the Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Bryan-College Station.
Following the tour, Mark Welch, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension economist and professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics, will provide a grain market update during the catered dinner.
NEW youth program added at the same time as our traditional farm tour. The program will feature an all-terrain vehicle and tractor safety course, fire safety demonstrations by the Williamson County Emergency Services District 10 firefighters, and a make and take plant project by the Williamson County Master Gardeners. A water slide and a sno-cone machine will also be available during the safety program. Youth are encouraged to bring swimwear and sunscreen.