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Extension Economist: South Texas Hunting Prospects Best in Years
Photos and Graphics UVALDE – Though crop losses from record rainfall earlier this year reached $200 million, hunting prospects across South Texas are excellent and the money spent on related activities throughout the region will be welcomed, according to a Texas Cooperative Extension economist. “This is one of the most important economic activities of the [...]
Barnhart Station Field Day is First in Several Years
BARNHART - The Texas Range Station at Barnhart will hold a field day, the first in several years, on Oct. 18. The day’s activities will be 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the station, which is located 21 miles north of Ozona on State Highway 163. The station is a satellite facility of the Texas [...]
Texas Crop, Weather Report: State’s Cotton Production Heating Up
Audio COLLEGE STATION – Cotton needs heat units to mature and while things started out slowly for much of the crop, it is now back on track on the High Plains, said a Texas Cooperative Extension specialist. “The cotton crop looks good,” said Dr. Brent Bean, Extension agronomist in Amarillo. “It certainly has matured on [...]
Borlaug Institute To Help Build Burundi’s Agriculture
COLLEGE STATION The Norman E. Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture at Texas A&M University, as a member of a special consortium, has been awarded a program to expand agricultural capacity and opportunity in Burundi. Development Alternatives Inc. leads the consortium that includes universities, private firms, agricultural industry groups and non-governmental organizations, said Linda Cleboski, [...]
Worldwide Gathering Set in Houston to Consider Fruit, Vegetables and Human Health
What: International Symposium on Human Health Effects of Fruit and Vegetables. The goal of the conference is to exchange information between the agricultural, nutrition and health sciences, and to advance the science related to foods for health. When: Media Day is Oct. 11, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. During this time, journalists may arrange interviews with the [...]
MEDIA ALERT: Food safety contacts for follow-up stories on E. coli beef
If you are working on a follow-up story on the E. coli-beef recalls, please be aware that Texas A&M University has a Center for Food Safety. Dr. Kerri Harris, director, will be available to answer any questions about regulatory and food safety issues. To set up an interview, please contact Edith Chenault, communications specialist, at [...]
Constipation a Symptom, Not a Disease
AMARILLO Constipation is a serious problem at any age but may be more so in older adults, said a Texas Cooperative Extension specialist. Constipation can account for some of the cases of delirium in older adults, causing symptoms similar to those of Alzheimer’s disease, said Andrew B. Crocker, Extension gerontology specialist. Nearly everyone becomes [...]
Fall Pesticide Training Promises ‘Non-Boring’ Programming
Writer: Robert Burns, 903-834-6191, rd-burns@tamu.edu Contact: Crispin Skinner, 936-560-7711, cmskinner@ag.tamu.edu NACOGDOCHES – The “Fall CEU Program” is designed for private pesticide applicators who need continuing education units but don’t want to be bored getting them, said a Prairie View A&M University Cooperative Extension agent . The program will begin with registration at 2:30 p.m. Oct. [...]
Rusk Pioneer Days Set Oct. 13 for Little and Big Cowboys and Cowgirls Alike
RUSK – – Pioneer Days in Rusk is what Rene McCracken calls her “little cowboy” event. While there will be a stick-horse rodeo for the little cowboys, the even is really a full-fledged event for full-sized cowboys and cowgirls as well, said McCracken, Prairie View A&M University Cooperative Extension agent for Cherokee County. Set Oct. [...]
