Writer: Blair Fannin, 979-845-2259, b-fannin@tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION – A senior official from the U.S. Agency for International Development recently praised Texas A&M University and its students for becoming one of seven institutions participating in USAID’s Higher Education Solutions Network. “I want to applaud you and you should applaud yourselves,” said Dr. Alex Dehgan, USAID’s science [...]
Contact: Kara Matheney, 979-732-2082, kjmatheney@ag.tamu.edu EAGLE LAKE – The 39th annual Eagle Lake Rice Field Day is scheduled for 4 p.m. June 25 at Wintermann Rice Research Station on Farm-to-Market Road 102 just north of Eagle Lake. The field day will offer an opportunity for producers to tour the research station, making stops along the [...]
Contact: Kara Matheney, 979-732-2082, kjmatheney@ag.tamu.edu EAGLE LAKE - The Colorado County Row Crop Committee will hold its annual Row Crop Tour starting at 4:30 p.m. June 20 at Nada Hall on Old Nada Road. The tour will provide producers the opportunity to view corn hybrid and cotton variety trials, hear from speakers about the latest in [...]
Contact: Blair Fannin, 979-845-2259, b-fannin@tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION – Dr. Davey Griffin, a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service meat specialist and associate professor in the department of animal science at Texas A&M University, has been named American Meat Science Association Fellow and Signal Service Award winner. The award was given in recognition of devoted service and [...]
Contact: Courtney Coufal, 979-845-1542, cacoufal@tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION – The Texas A&M University department of animal science recognized three former students with alumni awards and introduced the Animal Science Hall of Fame at an awards banquet recently at the AgriLife Center College Station. Rachel Cutrer was presented the department of animal science’s Outstanding Young Alumni Award. [...]
Writer: Blair Fannin, 979-845-2259, b-fannin@tamu.edu BRYAN – Agricultural producers both young and old learned practical risk-management techniques in farming and ranching at the recent Next Generation of Agriculture Conference, held recently at the Brazos County Expo in Bryan. Dr. Mark Welch, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service grains economist, College Station, advised farmers to be low-cost [...]
Writer: Blair Fannin, 979-845-2259, b-fannin@tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION – With no farm background, Jasmine Dillon credits her high school agriculture classes in getting a start in the study of food and fiber systems. Never did she think she would be part of a national student delegation seeking solutions to solving world food production issues. Dillon, an [...]
Writer: Blair Fannin, 979-845-2259, b-fannin@tamu.edu THRALL – For decades, the annual Stiles Farm Field Day at the 2,600-acre farm in Williamson County has served as a platform to showcase the latest production practices. The 2013 edition scheduled June 18 will be no different, but a bit special, according to organizers, as the event turns 50. [...]
Writer: Blair Fannin, 979-845-2259, b-fannin@tamu.edu FRANKLIN – Keeping expenses in check and watching the price of corn were two discussion points before beef cattle producers attending the recent O.D. Butler Field Day at Camp Cooley Ranch. The Brazos Area Hay Producers and the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service in Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Limestone, Leon, Madison, [...]
Writer: Blair Fannin, 979-845-2259, b-fannin@tamu.edu SIMONTON – The rain fell hard and heavy, but it didn’t stop more than 100 agricultural producers from attending the inaugural Upper Gulf Coast Ranch Expo at the 12,000-acre Twinwood Ranch near Simonton. A choking rain of several inches within an hour canceled the bus tours scheduled to view the [...]
