Multi-county AgriLife Extension program to view rangeland options Writer: Steve Byrns, 325-653-4576, s-byrns@tamu.edu Contact: Marty Gibbs, 325-365-2219, mj-gibbs@tamu.edu SAN ANGELO – The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will conduct the multi-county Livestock and Rangeland Revitalization Program from 1-4:30 p.m. May 28 at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center at San Angelo. The [...]
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 [...]
FLORESVILLE — A Feral Hog Management Workshop will be held from 8 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. May 31 at the Floresville Event Center, 600 W. Highway 97 in Floresville. The workshop is presented by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service offices in Wilson and Karnes counties. The cost is $10, including a catered lunch, and [...]
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 [...]
CASTROVIILE — A Water Day event called “Let’s Talk About Water” will be presented by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and Nueces River Authority, from 9 a.m.-noon on May 21 at the Landmark Inn, 402 Florence St., Castroville. “Even places that historically have been able to provide adequate water to their population face occasional [...]
Program to be held at Bexar County Junior Livestock Show Association Grounds MARTINEZ – The 2013 Multi-County Beef Cattle Field Day, presented by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and Bexar County Agricultural Committee, has been set for May 24 in Martinez, said event coordinators. Martinez is in east-central Bexar County, about 10 miles east [...]
Much of state’s warm-season grass pastures still drought damaged Writer: Robert Burns, 903-834-6191, rd-burns@tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION – Much of the state’s warm-season grass pastures have yet to recover from damage suffered during the 2011 drought, said a Texas A&M Agricultural Extension Service forage expert. The recovery delay is caused by several factors, said Dr. Larry [...]
AgriLife Extension experts survey region to determine damage Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu Contacts: Contact: Dr. Calvin Trostle, 806-746-6101,ctrostle@ag.tamu.edu Dr. Clark Neely, 979-845-3041, cneely@ag.tamu.edu AMARILLO – A late March and three April freezes have hit wheat in its advanced growing stages. But some of the crop still has potential for moderate and good grain production, [...]
Writers: Rob Williams, 979-458-3449, rlwilliams32@tamu.edu , Steve Byrns, 325-653-4576, s-byrns@tamu.edu Contact: Dr. Charles Allen, 325-653-4576, ctallen@ag.tamu.edu LUBBOCK – Texas A&M University’s department of entomology and the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service have named Dr. Apurba Barman as the new AgriLife Extension entomologist serving the South Plains. Barman is headquartered at the Texas A&M AgriLife [...]
