Tentative Agenda

2008 Multi-Commodity Education Program

--- Revised 11/22/08 ---

Hotel Information

Embassy Suites

5215 S Loop 289

Lubbock, TX

(806) 771-7000

Sunday, November 9

Arrive Lubbock and take taxi to hotel.

 

 6:00 pm          Meet in hotel lobby for dinner.

 

 6:30 pm           Welcome dinner - TBD

Monday, November 10

 

 7:45 am          Depart hotel

 

 8:00 am          Plains Cotton Growers, Lubbock

                        Topic: Overview of High Plains Cotton Production

Host: Steve Verett

 

 9:15 am          Depart

 

 9:45 am          AgriLife Research & Extension Center, Lubbock

                        Topic: High Plains Agricultural Research Priorities & Tour

                        Host: TBD

 

11:00 am         USDA-ARS Gin Lab, Lubbock

                        Topic: Gin Research & Tour

                        Host: Greg Holt

 

12:30 am         Lunch - TBD

 

 2:00 pm          Carter Farms, Levelland

Topic: Cotton harvesting & drip irrigation

Host: David Carter

 

United Cotton Growers Coop Gin, Levelland

Topic: Cotton Ginning

Host: Paul Wilson

 

 7:00 pm          Dinner - TBD                          

Tuesday, November 11

 7:45 am          Depart hotel

 

 8:00 am          USDA-AMS Cotton Division, Lubbock

                        Topic: Cotton Classification

                        Host: Kenny Day

                       

 9:45 am          Depart

 

10:45 am         Delta Pine Research Facility, Hale Center

                        Topics: Cottonseed variety research

                        Host: Richard Sheetz

 

12:00 pm         Lunch - TBD

 

 2:00 pm          American Cotton Growers Denim Mill, Littlefield

Topics: Role of Cotton Market Cooperative, Yarn Spinning & Denim Production

                        Host: Bryan Gregory

 

 4:30 pm          Bryan Patterson Farm, Amherst

                        Host: Bryan Patterson (2007 alumnus)

 

 6:30 pm          Dinner - TBD

Wednesday, November 12

 8:15 am          Depart hotel

 

 8:30 am          Fiber and Biopolymer Research Institute, Lubbock

                        Topic: Textile Research

                        Host: Dr. Dean Etheridge

                       

10:00 am         Depart

 

10:15 am         Plains Cotton Coop Association, Lubbock

Topic: Role of Cotton Shipper and International Markets

Host: Wally Darneille

 

11:30 a.m.       Lunch at Plains Cotton Coop Association

 

 1:00 pm          Pyco Industries, Lubbock

                        Topic: Cottonseed products & wind energy

                        Host: Robert Lacy

 

 2:30 pm          Open

 

 4:00 pm          Farmers Coop Compress, Lubbock

                        Topic: Cotton Storage and Shipping

                        Host: Ron Harkey

 

6:30 pm          Catered dinner at Caprock Winery with local ag organizations.

            Includes winery tour and wine tasting.

Thursday, November 13

Peanut Day!! – All activities to be organized by Texas Peanut Producers Board

 

Tentative activities will include:

Overview of Texas peanut production – Shelly Nutt, Executive Director

Birdsong Peanuts, Brownfield – shelling, cold storage and hull mill

Peanut Corporation of America, Plainview – peanut butter

Buying & grading station, Plainview

Harvesting, TBD

 

Friday, November 14

 

 8:30 am          Depart hotel luggage. To be scheduled:

 

 9:00 am          Hurst Farm Supply/John Deere, Lubbock
                        Topic: High Plains Ag Equipment

 

10:30 am         American Wind Energy Museum, Lubbock

 

11:45 am         Lunch - TBD

 

Participants will depart LBB after 1:00 p.m.

 

 

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