NRCS Educational Tours – Texas

 

August 4, 2019:

  • Puerto Rico group will fly into DFW; Kingsville group will drive to DFW to pick up the Puerto Rico group.
  • Spend the night in Dallas/Fort Worth (possibly Comfort Suites Fort Worth South—6450 South Hwy, Fort Worth, TX)

August 5, 2019:

  • 8:00-11:50am—Central National Technology Support Center (510 W. Felix St, FWFC Bldg 23, Fort Worth, TX)
  • 12:00pm—Lunch
  • 1:00pm—Drive to Paul Quinn College (3837 Simpson Stuart Rd, Dallas, TX)
  • 2:00-4:00pm—Visit the NRCS project at Paul Quinn College Spend the night in Dallas/Fort Worth (Comfort Suites Fort Worth South)

August 6, 2019:

  • 7:45am—Load up the vans and drive to Blooming Grove, TX
  • 9:00-11:30am—Visit 77 Ranch (Gary and Sue Price)
  • 12:00pm—Lunch
  • 1:00pm—Drive to Waco
  • 2:00-4:30pm—Visit Rickie Roddy’s place
  • Drive to Temple and spend the night

August 7, 2019:

  • 8:00-11:30am—Visit NRCS State Office in Temple—101 South Main St., Temple, TX
  • 12:00pm—Lunch
  • 1:00pm—Drive to San Antonio
  • 4:00-6:00pm—visit Confluence Park (310 W Mitchell St., San Antonio, TX)
  • Spend the night in San Antonio (possibly the Hilton Palacio del Rio—200 S Alamo St., San Antonio, TX)

August 8, 2019:

  • 8:00am—Load up the vans and drive to Green Bexar Farm (14997 FM 1346, Saint Hedwig, TX)
  • 9:00-11:30am—Visit Green Bexar Farm
  • 12:00pm—Lunch
  • 1:00pm—Drive to Mesquite Field Farm (501 S Oak Ave, Nixon, TX)
  • 2:00-4:30pm—Visit Mesquite Field Farm
  • 5:00pm—Drive to Corpus Christi, TX
  • Spend the night in Corpus Christi, TX

August 9, 2019:

  • 7:00am—Load up the vans and drive to Weslaco, TX
  • 9:30-11:30am—Visit Texas AgriLife Research (2415 E, US-83, Weslaco, TX)
  • 12:00pm—Lunch
  • 1:00-2:00pm—Visit TAMUK-Citrus Center (312 N International Blvd, Weslaco, TX)
  • 2:30-4:30pm—Visit Yahweh All-Natural Farm and Garden (Saul and Diana Padilla; 19833 Morris Rd, Harlingen, TX)
  • 5:00pm—Drive to Kingsville, TX
  • Spend the night in Kingsville, TX

August 10, 2019:

  • 8:00-11:30am—Go on the King Ranch tour, go to the King Ranch museum, and the King Ranch Saddle Shop
  • 12:00pm—Lunch
  • After lunch is free of events at this point in time

August 11, 2019:

  • Puerto Rico group will fly out of Corpus Christi, TX