Expert: Transgenics could head off ‘the end of orange juice’ COLLEGE STATION — Key players will converge on Texas A&M University June 4-6 to chart the course for the release of improved fruits and vegetables designed to head off deadly plant diseases and lead the world to a second Green Revolution, according to Dr. Bill [...]
Native landscaping, rainwater collection among methods to be discussed WESLACO – It’s not enough to shut off the faucet while brushing your teeth; it’s time homeowners make plans to conserve water in the long term, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service water expert in Weslaco. To help residents save water now and in [...]
Weighmaster training and certification class set for May 18 SOUTH PADRE ISLAND — Fishing tournaments have become so popular in South Texas that one is held almost every weekend during the summer months. With so much at stake, classes and certification are available to make sure event judges, known as weighmasters, know exactly what they’re [...]
Price to growers plummet after a strong start WESLACO – Rains that fell April 28 will likely have little effect on the South Texas onion harvest, according to an expert at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center at Weslaco. “Onions are a dry weather crop,” said Dr. Juan Anciso, a Texas A&M AgriLife [...]
Residents warned to be on the lookout for mosquitoes and flying ants, termites WESLACO – Rains that fell April 28 have temporarily slowed the harvest of citrus and vegetable crops in the Lower Rio Grande Valley and will likely increase the activity of mosquitoes and termites, according to experts at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research [...]
Drought, lack of irrigation water taking their toll WESLACO – Despite drenching rains April 28, drought-stricken row crops growers in the Lower Rio Grande Valley may be in for another disastrous year, possibly doubling their $50 million drought losses of 2006, according to Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service experts in Weslaco. “Reports of failed acres [...]
Insect pressures could also deplete yields WESLACO – All indications are that cotton growers in the Lower Rio Grande Valley this year will produce one of the area’s smallest crops on record, according to experts at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center at Weslaco. “To begin with, our estimations are that growers have [...]
Gardening shown to improve student behavior, achievement EDINBURG – The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will hold its 13th annual Health and Habitats Teacher training on May 10 in Lyford, according to an AgriLife Extension horticulturist. The training will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Hilltop Gardens, 6.5 miles north of La [...]
Internet-based weather station network to expand WESLACO – The Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center at Weslaco has been awarded part of a nationwide $5.3 million Conservation Innovation Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture – Natural Resources Conservation Service, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Research irrigation expert. The South Texas center will [...]
Window closing quickly on public input WESLACO – For fruit and vegetable producers and shippers, one of the most important meetings of their careers will be held April 22-23 in Austin, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service produce expert. The Texas Food Safety Conference will be held from 4 p.m. April 22 to [...]
