COLLEGE STATION — Dr. David Byrne, Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientist in College Station, has received the Carroll R. Miller Award from the National Peach Council. The award was established in memory of Miller of Martinsburg, W.V., a founding member and first president of the peach council, according to the group’s website. The award is [...]
Writer: Blair Fannin, 979-845-2259, b-fannin@tamu.edu Contact: Dr. Danny Klinefelter, 979-845-7171, danklinefelter@tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION – Dr. Danny Klinefelter, a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service economist, was recently named to two distinguished groups of influential agricultural leaders by Top Producer magazine editors. Klinefelter, also a professor in the department of agricultural economics at Texas A&M University, was [...]
Bexar County efforts get urban kids ‘rooted’ in science, agriculture SAN ANTONIO – “Okay, what’s the difference between a butterfly and a moth?” asked Natalie Cervantes, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service youth gardens coordinator for Bexar County, during her recent “Butterflies of the World” presentation to fourth-grade students at Wilshire Elementary School in San Antonio. [...]
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 [...]
SAN ANTONIO – The Backyard Gardening series program “How to Build a Raised Bed Garden and Saving Water/Money through Drip Irrigation” will be presented from 6:30-8:30 p.m. May 21 by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service office for Bexar County. The program will be held at the agency office in Suite 208 of the Conroy [...]
Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu Contact: Brittany Grube, Brittany.grube@agnet.tamu.edu Dr. Paul Baumann, 979-845-4880, pbaumann@ag.tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION – “How Herbicides Work” is the topic of the May 2 webinar hosted by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service as a part of the Texas Range Webinar Series. This presentation will focus on the effect of the herbicides [...]
SAN ANTONIO – The Bexar County Master Gardener association, a volunteer horticulture program of the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, is now taking orders for phalaenopsis orchids to be picked up May 10-11at its offices in Suite 208 of Conroy Square. Conroy Square is located at 3355 Cherry Ridge Drive in northwest San Antonio. “The [...]
Large paper nests in South Central Texas trees most likely home to honey wasps SAN ANTONIO – If there’s a large, gray ball-shaped nest in your tree, the insects inside likely aren’t bees but Mexican honey wasps, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service entomologist in San Antonio. “I’ve been getting a lot more [...]
SAN ANTONIO – The Backyard Gardening series program “How to Build a Raised-Bed Garden and Saving Water/Money through Drip Irrigation” will be presented from 6:30-8:30 p.m. May 21 by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service office for Bexar County. The program will be held at the agency office in Suite 208 of the Conroy Square [...]
AUSTIN – A composting and soil health seminar, presented by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and its Travis County Master Gardeners volunteer horticulture program, will be held from 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. June 15 in Room 1130 on the south campus of Austin Community College,1820 W. Stassney Lane, Austin. The seminar will include presentations and [...]
