Writer: Steve Byrns, 325-653-4576, s-byrns@tamu.edu Contact: Dr. Dan Waldron, 325-653-4576, d-waldron@tamu.edu SONORA – The Texas A&M AgriLife Research annual Angora Goat Performance Test Field Day and Sale is set for July 25 at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research Station at Sonora. The station is located 28 miles south of Sonora on U.S. Highway 55, [...]
RIESEL- Management of poultry litter will be the focus of a field day to be held July 10 at Riesel High School, 600 E. Frederick St. in Riesel. Located in McLellan County, Riesel is part of the Waco Metropolitan Statistical Area. The field day is hosted by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, Texas Water Resources [...]
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: 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’s Sterling County Range and Livestock Committee will host a range tour beginning at 9 a.m. June 20. The program will start with a classroom session in the Sterling County Community Center in Sterling City and [...]
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 [...]
