Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu Contact: Steve Amosson, 806-677-5600, samosson@ag.tamu.edu AMARILLO – Because not all participants could make it to the 2013 High Plains Short Course “Intro to Futures and Options” hosted on Feb. 12 by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service after snow blanketed the region, Dr. Steve Amosson has set March 5 to [...]
Writer: Steve Byrns, 325-653-4576, s-byrns@tamu.edu Contact: Stan Bevers, 940-552-9941, s-bevers@tamu.edu FORT WORTH – The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service in cooperation with the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association will conduct Agricultural Applications of Tablets and Smartphones from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. March 5. The workshop will be held in the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers [...]
Writer: Steve Byrns, 325-653-4576, s-byrns@tamu.edu Contact: Bill Thompson, 325-653-4576, Ext. 286, w-thompson@tamu.edu SAN ANGELO – The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will conduct a Cotton and Grain Risk Management Workshop from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. March 7 at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center, 7887 U.S. Highway North, San Angelo. “We’ll have a team [...]
COLLEGE STATION – Public officials who are required to know and individuals who just want to know more about the Texas Open Meetings Act now have access to an online training, according to officials with the V.G. Young Institute of County Government, a part of the Texas A&M [...]
Writer: Blair Fannin, 979-845-2259, b-fannin@tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION – Drawing on its vast research expertise and pool of students eager to study and develop problem-solving solutions, Texas A&M University was recently selected by the U.S. Agency for International Development to partner in its new Higher Education Solutions Network designed to develop innovative solutions to global development [...]
COLLEGE STATION – Seventeen county judges and commissioners were recently accepted into the Commissioners Court Leadership Academy offered by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service’s V.G. Young Institute of County Government. “The academy enhances leadership skills and provides specialized resources for class members,” said Rick Avery, institute director. “We commend the desire of our academy [...]
Futures and options, feed grains to be covered Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu Contact: Steve Amosson, 806-677-5600, samosson@ag.tamu.edu AMARILLO – Drought, record tight feed grain supplies in the U.S. and world markets, and the lowest cattle inventory in 60 years are just some of the factors that will lead to volatile markets in 2013, according [...]
COLLEGE STATION – Chancellor John Sharp announced today that The Texas A&M University System has signed a memorandum of cooperation with Qatar to work on a food security program for that Arab state. “We all understand the importance of agriculture, and how vital it is to ensure the safety and security of the food we [...]
Writer: Steve Byrns, 325-653-4576, s-byrns@tamu.edu Contact: Curtis Preston, 806-272-4583, c-preston@tamu.edu MULESHOE – The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service office in Bailey County will conduct an iPhone, iPad workshop for agricultural producers from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Dec. 19 in the AgriLife Extension office for Bailey County, 118 West Avenue C, Muleshoe. “Our goal is [...]
Writer: Blair Fannin, 979-845-2259, b-fannin@tamu.edu BRYAN – Both big challenges and opportunities await Texas agriculture. This was the message for Texas agricultural business leaders and representatives at the 2012 Texas Plant Protection Association Conference in Bryan recently. Dr. Doug Steele, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service director, told attendees, “We will always face challenges and we [...]
