Crop Consultant Panel Discussion

November 2025 | 42 min., 34 sec
by Kerry Siders (moderator), Justin McGee, James Todd, and Tyler Gilreath (panel members)
Crop Consultants

Summary

​This presentation is a panel discussion among members of Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension and local crop consultants about their observations on the most important issues facing farmers, including insects, weeds, and diseases in crops in 2025.

About the Presenter

Kerry SidersKerry 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 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

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




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