Kerry Siders is a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Agent (IPM) for Hockley, Cochran, and Lamb Counties. A Texas Tech graduate, he has been with Texas AgriLife Extension since 1990. Kerry provides education and applied research pertaining to weeds, insects, diseases, nematodes, growth regulators, and harvest aides in cotton. He is a member of the High Plains Association of Crop Consultants.
James Todd is the owner/operator of Todd Ag Consulting, an independent agricultural consulting business providing full-service crop consulting for growers in six counties in the High Plains and Rolling Plains of Texas. James graduated from Texas Tech University. He has served as president of the High Plains Association of Crop Consultants and was recognized as the 2011 BASF/NAICC Crop Consultant of the Year.
Justin McGee, owner of McGee Crop Management, LLC, is an independent agronomist providing crop consulting (alfalfa, corn, cotton, sorghum, soybean and wheat) in the central Texas Panhandle. His services include field scouting and recommendations, precision fertility/planting prescriptions and large plot variety/demo trials. Justin holds a B.S. degree in biology botany/plant biology from Southwestern Oklahoma State University.
Tyler Gilreath is an assistant professor and Extension entomologist with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service serving the Texas High Plains region. He leads research and outreach programs focused on integrated pest management in key row crops like corn, cotton, and wheat. Tyler received his Ph.D. degree from Texas A&M in entomology