By Mike Jackson
News release from the Texas A&M University Agriculture Communications, August 3, 2008.

MCKINNEY – The Texas AgriLife Extension Service will co-host the program, "Fire Ant Control and Insect Management," from 8 a.m. to noon on Oct. 10 in McKinney.

The program will be held at the Myers Park and Event Center, 7117 County Road 166, in McKinney.

"It will be a field day farmers, ranchers, gardeners, landscapers and pesticide applicators won't want to miss as experts will present preliminary results of ongoing fire ant research at Myers Park," said Greg Church, an AgriLife Extension agent for horticulture in Collin County.

The program, Church said, will be divided into four topics: fire ant control research results; new and emerging insects; chemistry and managing insects' resistance to chemicals; and pesticide laws and regulations.

Experts from AgriLife Extension and the Samuel R. Noble Foundation will lead the sessions, he said.

Three continuing education units will be offered to licensed pesticide applicators.

The program's $10 registration fee can be paid at the door on the day of the event, Church said. But pre-registration by Oct. 7 is required to guarantee lunch.

For more information or to register, contact the AgriLife Extension office in Collin County at 972-548-4233 or Collin@ag.tamu.edu.

The program is being co-hosted by the event center and the Noble Foundation, based in Ardmore, Okla., and dedicated to improving production agriculture techniques and advancing plant science through research.

This article from the Texas A&M University Agriculture Communications, agnews.tamu.edu, on August 3, 2008.