Upcoming Programs

Here are the dates of upcoming programs and most have some presentation that will include organic. If you have any questions don’t hesitate to call or email because things do change!

Monday, August 3-Tuesday, August 4 – Southern Family Farmers & Food Systems Conference, San Marcos, Texas. Pre-conference workshops Aug 2-3rd. LBJ Student Center, Texas State University. Email: conference@farmandranchfreedom.org or smallproducers@txstate.edu

Tuesday, August 4-Wednesday, August 5 – TAMU Research and Extension Small Grain Workers Meeting at the High Plains Research and Extension Center in Canyon. Great time when all of our TAMU Small Grain folks can talk about issues, problems and new research. If you have organic small grain concerns let me know so I can share with our group!

Field to Fiesta Corn Tour

Wednesday, August 12, Field to Fiesta Corn Tour, at the Halfway Research Center, Halfway, Texas and assorted farm fields. 9am – Sponsored lunch meal at the Halfway Center. Topics include – pollination in heat, corn borer and earworm issues, drought tolerance of TAMZ varieties, ear rots, drift issues. For more information or to attend please contact Kristie Keys, Extension Agronomist, kristie.keys@ag.tamu.edu Join us for this great tour and program all a part of a Texas A&M AgriLife Hi-A Organic and Non-GMO Corn Hybrid Genetics and Management. The program and tour will feature a lot of information, more than usual. Kristie Keys, Program Agronomist, has done a great job putting this all together and I know you will enjoy it! Program Agenda

Organic Cotton and Peanut Tour

Wednesday, August 19 – Organic Cotton and Peanut Tour, Seminole, Texas. near Seminole. 8 am to 1 pm. Several stops, great sponsored lunch and lots of organic crop updates. Lunch is provided by generous sponsors for the tour. More information is here: 2026 Organic Cotton & Peanut Tour

Forage Sorghum Plot Tour

Tuesday, August 25 – Texas A&M AgriLife Forage Sorghum Plot Tour at the Bushland Research facility in Bushland. Registration starts at 8:30 am and the tour begins at 9:00 am and goes until 11:00 am. This is a chance to evaluate 84 sorghum hybrids under limited irrigation and discuss forage sorghum research. Forage Sorghum Plot Tour Flyer

Wednesday, September 2 – Southwest Dairy Day, Dalhart, Texas. Lots of exhibits, speakers, tours, and sponsors.

SARE Organic Variety Production Tour

SARE Organic Variety Production Tour – September 3rd – New Deal Grain

Thursday, September 3 – Organic Variety Tour – New Deal, Texas. This tour is part of an on-farm SARE grant to develop new organic varieties in Texas. Seth Fortenberry (with some help from Researchers and Specialists) applied for a SARE Producer Grant to develop new varieties that work well on organic farms. This $20,000 grant will allow Seth to not only grow the varieties but process them as a part of his seed business. On the tour development of corn, sorghum, peanut, cotton, guar and cowpea varieties will be discussed and featured. Registration is at 9:30am at New Deal Grain in New Deal and we will leave on the tour at 10 am and go through a sponsored lunch meal. If you are interested in attending there is no cost for the program or meal, please Contact Bob Whitney, 979.571.2086 so we get a good meal count.

Monday, September 14 – Friday, September 18 – Global Sorghum Conference, Lubbock, Texas. Hosted by Texas Tech University and a part of the Global Sorghum Association an international organization dedicated to sorghum production and research. Global Sorghum Conference I am definitely excited to be able to share Texas organic sorghum work at one of the workshops!

Thursday, September 24 – Sustainable Organic Horticulture Production – Guest Lecture on TAMU Campus, Horticulture Bldg. at 2:20 pm – 3:20 pm. Open classroom if you want to attend and usually there are visitors. Give me a call if you would be in the area and want to attend.

Tuesday, October 27 – Wednesday, October 28 – Western Organic Dairy Producer Alliance, Conference and Trade Show. Chico State University Farm, Chico, California. This is the 20-Year Celebration! For more information and to register: CONFERENCE & TRADE SHOW