COLLEGE STATION Motorists traveling along Brazos bottom farmland just outside of College Station are doing double takes over a towering 12-foot sorghum crop. The unorthodox-looking sorghum is the latest study by Dr. Bill Rooney, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station researcher, who hopes to produce a high-tonnage variety that could soon be used for bioenergy. Talk [...]
Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608,skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu BUSHLAND – Agriculture is growing more than just food and clothing these days, local researchers say. Because energy is the latest potential crop to be harvested, a field day featuring agriculture’s role in the energy industry is scheduled for Aug. 8. “Alternative Energy Sources from Agriculture” will be the theme of [...]
Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608,skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu Contact: Brandon Dukes, 806-868-3191,bkdukes@ag.tamu.edu MIAMI – A workshop and field day designed to help ranchers improve their plant identification skills is set for Aug. 17 at the Mesa Vista Ranch, said a Texas Cooperative Extension agent. The ranch is located 32 miles north of Pampa on U.S. Hwy. 70 in Roberts [...]
Writer: Rod Santa Ana III, 956-968-5585,r-santaana@tamu.edu Contact: Dr. Michael Gould, 956-968-5585,jmgould@tamu.edu Dr. Erik Mirkov, 956-968-5585,emirkov@ag.tamu.edu WESLACO — A scientist in South Texas has earned a string of awards recently for developing patented methods designed to greatly expand where sugarcane can be grown — and what it produces. The pioneering research work of Dr. Erik Mirkov, [...]
Writer: Blair Fannin, 979-845-2259,b-fannin@tamu.edu Contact: Dr. Gaylon Morgan, 979-845-2425,gmorgan@tamu.edu WACO – Though shaping up to be a great Texas wheat crop, continued rainfall is putting harvest efforts behind schedule. Producers should be mindful of several potential issues when things do dry out, according to one Texas Cooperative Extension expert. “This time last year, 86 percent [...]
Writer: Blair Fannin, 979-845-2259, b-fannin@tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION – Dr. Ralph Waniska, a professor of food science and technology in the Cereal Quality Laboratory of Texas A&M University’s Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, passed away Monday following a lengthy battle with cancer. Waniska, whose career at Texas A&M spanned 23 years, was honored late last [...]
Writer: Paul Schattenberg, 210-467-6575, paschattenberg@ag.tamu.edu Contact: Archie Abrameit, 512-898-2214 or 512-922-0975 Rebecca Parker, 979-255-7556, r-parker@tamu.edu Background: Stiles Farm is a non-profit, self-supporting institution established by bequest of the late J.V. and H.A. Stiles for the advancement of agriculture to benefit all Texans. A field day is held at Stiles Farm each year to introduce producers [...]
Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608,skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu Contact: Dr. Ron French, 806-677-5600,rdfrench@ag.tamu.edu Dr. Brent Bean, 806-677-5600,bbean@ag.tamu.edu AMARILLO – Yellowed or brown leaves on wheat may be caused by drought, disease, pests or too much rain. Dr. Ron French puts the plant under a microscope to determine the exact problem. French is the new supervisor of the Texas High [...]
Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu Contact: Dr. Brent Bean, 806-677-5600, bbean@ag.tamu.edu ETTER A change in the agriculture picture in the High Plains is bringing several alternative crops back into the spotlight, according to a Texas Cooperative Extension specialist. The growing dairy industry has brought a resurgence of interest in triticale as a forage crop, said [...]
Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu Contact: Dr. Jackie Rudd, 806-677-5600, jcrudd@ag.tamu.edu Dr. Brent Bean, 806-677-5600, bbean@ag.tamu.edu ETTER -Producers will have a chance to see how varieties of wheat, canola and triticale performed under this year’s wet spring conditions at the Small Grains Field Day. The field day is scheduled for May 24 at the Texas [...]
