Mark Your Calendars for 2013!

25th Annual Texas Plant Protection Conference

December 10 - 11, 2013

Brazos Center
Bryan, Texas

2013 Leadership

During the recent Texas Plant Protection Association’s Board of Directors Meeting, Officers for 2013 were elected. Chairman of the TPPA Board, H. Ray Smith with Biological Research Services, Inc. announced that the following will serve the association for 2013:

President Seth Murray, Texas A & M University, Department of Soil & Crop Sciences Vice President & Program Chairman Dale Mott, Texas A&M  AgriLife Extension Service Incoming VP & Poster Chairman Eric Castner, Regional Technical Service Manager, Dupont Crop Protection Incoming VP-Elect Elizabeth Pierson, Texas A & M University, Department of Horticultural Sciences Executive Director Bob Sasser, TPPA Immediate Past President Vernon Langston, R & D Field Scientist, Dow AgroSciences Secretary Tony Driver, Agronomic Service Representative, Syngenta Crop Protection Treasurer Johnnie Osborne, Farm Manager, Ted Higginbottom Farm

See the full 2013 leadership roster here.

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Texas A&M AgriLife specialists, students receive Texas Plant Protection Association Awards

Writer: Blair Fannin, 979-845-2259, b-fannin@tamu.edu

Read the full article and see more photos at AgriLife Today

BRYAN - Texas A&M AgriLife specialists, researchers and industry agriculture professionals received awards during the recent 2012 Texas Plant Protection Association Conference in Bryan.

“These individuals have made special contributions to the Texas Plant Protection Association, the annual conference and Texas agriculture,” said Dr. Ron Lacewell, association board member and head of federal relations for Texas A&M AgriLife. “We are extremely proud of these individuals and their efforts that have helped our association grow and increase in membership over the past several years.”

The awards, presented by Lacewell during the business luncheon, were given to the following individuals:

• Dr. Mike Chandler, professor emeritus, Texas A&M department of soil and crop sciences (Academic Award)
• Blair Fannin, Texas A&M AgriLife Communications (Ag Communications Award)
• Glenn Crane, East Bernard Coastal Ag Services (Consultant Award)
• Greg Steele, Monsanto (Industry Award),
• Zach Eder, Texas A&M University (Graduate Student Award)
• Brad Minton, Syngenta (Norman Borlaug Lifetime Achievement Award)

Also during the conference, Dr. Barron Rector, AgriLife Extension range specialist, College Station, conducted the annual pest identification contest. Those receiving awards were:

• Gary Kennedy, independent consultant, first place
• Brent Batchelor, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service agent-Matagorda County, second place
• Gary Bradshaw, independent consultant, third place.

A poster competition was also held during the two-day conference. Student winners, all from Texas A&M, were:

• Trevor Jones, first place
• Zach Eder, second place
• Danielle Dittrich, third place

Read the full article and see more photos at AgriLife Today