Writer: Blair Fannin, 979-845-2259, b-fannin@tamu.edu Contact: Dustin Coufal, 979-823-0129, dwcoufal@ag.tamu.edu FRANKLIN – The 27th annual O.D. Butler Field Day scheduled May 17 at Camp Cooley Ranch will feature the latest weed control technologies, plus strategies on buying and selling cattle during fluctuating market conditions. The ranch is located at 4297 Camp Cooley Ranch Road [...]
Contact: Blair Fannin, 979-845-2259, b-fannin@tamu.edu BRYAN – Who will feed the growing U.S. population in the next 50 years? As the current generation of farmers and ranchers ages, the next generation must take over, according to organizers of two agricultural conferences scheduled for Bryan and Abilene. Capital Farm Credit and the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension [...]
Writer: Blair Fannin, 979-845-2259, b-fannin@tamu.edu SIMONTON – Producers throughout the Texas Gulf Coast region will get a firsthand look at Akaushi cattle and receive an overall update on the cattle market during the May 10 Upper Gulf Coast Ranch Expo in Simonton. The event, to be held at the Twinwood Cattle Co., 4430 Guyler Road, [...]
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 [...]
Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu Contact: Lizabeth Gresham, 373-0713, lizabeth.gresham@ag.tamu.edu AMARILLO – Lizabeth Gresham has been named the Prairie View A&M University Cooperative Extension Program agent for family and consumer sciences in Potter County, according to Dr. Angela Burkham, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service regional program coordinator for family and consumer sciences in Amarillo. Gresham [...]
Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu Contact: Leicia Redwine, 806-226-3021, l-redwine@tamu.edu CLAUDE — Before the next health inspection, restaurants and other food-service operations may want to review whether or not they have a certified food manager. If not, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service is offering a course to help them meet state requirements. “Food Safety: It’s Our [...]
Writer: Blair Fannin, 979-845-2259, b-fannin@tamu.edu Contact: Dr. Clay Cavinder, 979-458-2927, cac@tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION – Assigning beef cattle body condition scores has been a common practice among producers for years to evaluate nutritional needs, and such a system for horse owners developed at Texas A&M University more than 30 years ago has been expanded. A group [...]
Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu Contact: Sue Owens, 806-935-2593,csowens@ag.tamu.edu DUMAS – A professional food manager certification training course will be offered April 22-23 at the Moore County Annex, 310 East First Street in Dumas, by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service in Moore County. The cost is $125 and includes training, materials and a [...]
Writer: Blair Fannin, 979-845-2259, b-fannin@tamu.edu Contacts: Dr. Marcel Amstalden, 979-845-3597, m.amstalden@tamu.edu Dr. Gary Williams, 361-358-6390, glwilliams@tamu.edu BEEVILLE – Cattle producers typically wean replacement heifers at seven months of age and raise them with limited nutritional input before their first breeding. This managerial strategy is often associated with delayed puberty, particularly in tropically-adapted Bos indicus-influenced cattle, [...]
Writer: Blair Fannin, 979-845-2259, b-fannin@tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION – Paul Schickler, DuPont Pioneer president, said there’s no doubt that grand challenges face production agriculture in the future to meet the needs of an expanding global population. “The challenge is significant and you could say overwhelming,” Schickler said in a recent visit to Texas A&M University, prior [...]
