LOCKART–The Texas Riparian and Stream Ecosystem Education Program will present its first workshop in the Plum Creek watershed on June 25 in Lockhart, said Nikki Dictson, Texas Water Resources Institute project manager and program coordinator, College Station. The no-cost educational program on how streams function and the role of vegetation in properly functioning stream systems [...]
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. [...]
SEGUIN — The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority and Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board will hold a Geronimo and Alligator Creeks Partnership meeting June 10. The no-cost meeting, to be held at the river authority’s River Annex, 905 Nolan St. in Seguin, is open to the public. Sign-in and refreshments [...]
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, [...]
SAN ANTONIO – The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and Bexar County Master Gardeners will present the Backyard Gardening series program ”Catch the Rain and Use it Later” from 6:30-8:30 p.m. June 25. The program will be held in Suite 208 of the AgriLife Extension office in Conroy Square, 3355 Cherry Ridge Dr. in San [...]
Camps to take place June 26-27 and Aug. 20-21 SAN ANTONIO — The 4-H and youth development program of the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service in Bexar County will hold two “FUNtastic” Adventure Camps this summer in San Antonio. The first camp will take place June 26-27 and the second will take place Aug 20-21. [...]
Writer: Steve Byrns, 325-653-4576, s-byrns@tamu.edu Contact: Pascual Hernandez, 325-387-3101, p-hernandez@tamu.edu SONORA –The Annual Wool and Mohair Show, now in its 76th year, will again be held in conjunction with the National 4-H Wool Judging and FFA Wool Judging contests. These contests join a host of other ranch-related youth competitions set for June 18-20 in [...]
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 [...]
Writer: Blair Fannin, 979-845-2259, b-fannin@tamu.edu Contact: Dr. Jason Cleere, 979-845-6931, jjcleere@ag.tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION – The 59th Texas A&M Beef Cattle Short Course is scheduled Aug. 5-7 at Texas A&M University in College Station. Weather outlook and a cattle market outlook are two of the featured topics to be discussed during the general session scheduled Aug. [...]
