Scouting School Dates and Times
Extension personnel will host four workshops. To register, contact the county Extension office or center at the location you wish to attend.
June 4 — Cotton and Peanut
- 8 a.m.
- Wiregrass Research and Extension Center
- 167 State Highway 134 E, Headland, Alabama 36345
June 11 — Cotton and Soybean
- 8 a.m.
- Associated Growers Gin
- 15031 Brownsferry Road, Athens, Alabama 35611
June 25 — Cotton and Soybean
- 8 a.m.
- V. Smith Research Center
- 4725 County Road 40, Shorter, Alabama 36075
June 27 — Cotton
- 8 a.m.
- McCord’s Fire Department Station #1
- 1150 County Road 157, Centre, Alabama 35960
Topics of Discussion
Topics will vary by location to tailor to the needs of producers in a given area.
Scouting short course topics include the following:
- Tarnished Plant Bug management
- Stink Bug management
- Plant Bug resistance monitoring
- Managing insects in ThryvOn Cotton
- Beneficial insects
- Key soybean insect management
- Cotton agronomic update
- Peanut insect pests
- Peanut agronomic update
- Optimal use of plant growth regulators
- Open discussion on current problems
- Secondary cotton insect management
- In-field training opportunity
Contact Scott Graham at shg0013@aces.edu for more information.