Wednesday, 4 January 2006: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Lila Cockrell Theatre (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Production Conference - Wednesday AM
The Wednesday morning Production Conference covers such topics as Cotton's Global Market, Managing Weed Pests, and panel discussions covering variable rate technology and the next generation of insect pests.
Organizer:	Dale Thompson, National Cotton Council, Memphis, TN
Presiding:	Woods Eastland, National Cotton Council, Greenwood, MS
Part 1
8:00 AM			Theme Setter
8:05 AM			Welcome to San Antonio   Elsa Murano, Texas A&M University, College Station,, TX
8:20 AM			Opening Remarks Woods Eastland, National Cotton Council, Greenwood, MS
8:40 AM			Washington Update Henry Cuellar, United States House of Representatives, Washington, DC
9:00 AM			Cotton Incorported Update   Berrye Worsham, Cotton Incorporated, Cary, NC
9:20 AM			Cotton's Global Market   Gary Adams, National Cotton Council, Memphis, TN
9:40 AM			MANAGING WEED PESTS
9:41 AM			Managing Herbicide Resistance   Alan C. York, NC State University, Raleigh, NC
Part 2
10:00 AM			Break
10:30 AM			PANEL - THE NEXT GENERATION OF INSECT PESTS
10:31 AM			Cotton Insects in Review - 2005   Michael Williams, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS
10:40 AM			Plant Bugs Peter Ellsworth, University of Arizona, Maricopa, AZ
10:50 AM			Stink Bugs   Phillip Roberts, University of Georgia, Tifton, GA
11:00 AM			Spider Mites Scott D. Stewart, The University of Tennessee, Jackson, TN
Part 3
11:10 AM			PANEL - VARIABLE RATE TECHNOLOGY HAS ARRIVED
11:11 AM			A Consultant's Perspective   Carl Hobbs, Carl Hobbs Ag Consulting, Ashburn, GA
11:25 AM			A Grower's Perspective Kenneth Hood, Hood Farms & Gin, Gunnison, MS
11:40 AM			A Researcher's Perspective   Dr. James Mahan, USDA-ARS, Lubbock, TX
Part 4
11:59 AM			Adjourn
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