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8th Annual Water College
January 20, 2022 @ 9:00 am - 2:45 pm
Free
The Texas Alliance for Water Conservation is hosting its 8th Annual Water College. Registration is free and open to anyone interested. It includes entrance to all sessions and lunch.
Texas Corn Producers is a proud sponsor of this event, so make sure to stop by the Water Grows, a TCP partnership with the USDA’s NRCS, booth with NRCS!
Agenda
- 9:00 am: Welcome
- Dr. Cindy Akers, Interim Dean College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources, Texas Tech University
- 9:10 am: The Cost-Price Squeeze Once Again? Agricultural Market Outlook
- Dr. Darren Hudson, Professor and Larry Combest Chair, Agricultural & Applied Economics, Texas Tech University
- 9:40 am: Don’t Mess with Texas Water Edition
- Brooke Paup, Chairwoman Texas Water Development Board
- 10:00 am: A Slippery Slope: Water and Agriculture
- Dan Hunter, Assistant Commissioner for Water & Rural Affairs, Texas Department of Agriculture
- 10:30 am: Break
- 10:45 am: Sustainability in the U.S. Cotton Supply Chain
- Dr. Donna Mitchell, Assistant Professor, Agricultural & Applied Economics, Texas Tech University
- 11:15 am: Real Field Research Overview
- Lloyd Arthur, Ralls County Producer
- Jeff Miller, ForFront Agronomy Owner
- 12:00pm: Lunch
- Andy Wilkinson Speaking & Performing
- 1:30 pm: Texas Produced Water Project
- Senator Charles Perry
- 2:00 pm: Fertilize and Ag Chemical Challenges and Opportunity
- Kevin Meeks, Business Unit Agronomist, Helena Agri-Enterprises
- 2:30 pm: Weather Outlook 2022
- Brian Bledsoe, Chief Meteorologist/Climatologist KKTV 11 News and Weather 5280 Specialist
- 2:45 pm: Close
