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 [...]
http://agvideo.tamu.edu/agrilifetoday/GrayWaterResearch-YouTube.mov UVALDE – Inside a greenhouse on the grounds of the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Service Center in Uvalde, Dr. Raul Cabrera recently inspected several groups of ornamental plants for signs of damage or distress. “This is the first component of our practical gray-water investigation,” explained Cabrera, who along with colleagues from the [...]
Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu Kay Rogers, 806-862-4601, kwrogers@ag.tamu.edu DALHART – The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service in Dallam and Hartley counties will conduct “Saving Water Makes Sense – Making Every Drop Count” on April 17 in the Rita Blanca Coliseum, 219 Farm-to-Market Road 281 in Dalhart. The program, from 5:30-7 p.m., will feature Dr. Joyce [...]
Future groundwater availability, quality dependent on conservation efforts Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu Contact: Dr. Srinivasulu Ale, 940-552-9941, sriniale@ag.tamu.edu Dr. Sriroop Chaudhuri, 940-552-9941, schaudhuri@ag.tamu.edu VERNON – Two Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientists recently completed an evaluation of groundwater resources in the Trinity and Woodbine aquifers under the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex and published their findings in an [...]
SUTHERLAND SPRINGS — Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service offices in Atascosa, Bexar, Guadalupe and Wilson counties will present the Pond Management Program from 8:30 a.m. to noon April 26 at Bugg Farms, 1287 County Road 314 in Sutherland Springs. Southerland Springs is located 20 miles east of San Antonio in northern Wilson County. Program registration [...]
Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu Contact: Marcel Fischbacher, 806-935-2594, mhfischbacher@ag.tamu.edu DUMAS – A Water Wise Living Conference will be held April 15-16 at the Moore County Community Building, 1600 S. Maddox Ave., Dumas. The program is a joint effort of the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service in Moore County, Moore County Extension Leadership Advisory Board [...]
Writer: Steve Byrns, 325-653-4576, s-byrns@tamu.edu Contact: Chad Coburn, 325-378-3181, c-coburn@tamu.edu STERLING CITY – The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service office in Sterling County will conduct a home water efficiency and xeriscape program beginning at 6:30 p.m. April 23 at the Sterling County Community Center in Sterling City. “With spring upon us and dry weather [...]
SAN ANTONIO – The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service for Bexar County will present the “Growing a Lawn and Saving Water” program from 6:30-8:30 p.m. April 23 as part of its Backyard Gardening series. The program will be held in Suite 208 of the agency’s office, located in the Conroy Square complex, 3355 Cherry Ridge [...]
New Texas Superstar cherry tomato judged four times sweeter than others Writer: Robert Burns, 903-834-6191, rd-burns@tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION – The BHN-968 cherry tomato’s name may be bland, but a San Antonio tasting panel found it sweeter than any comparable cherry tomato, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service horticulturist. Not only is it one [...]
Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu Contact: Dr. Arash Rashed, 806-354-5811, ARashed@ag.tamu.edu Dr. Charlie Rush, 806-354-5804, crush@ag.tamu.edu AMARILLO – Potato planting in northwest Texas will begin in about a month, but now is the time to look for the potato psyllid, a growing problem to the industry, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Research study. And [...]
