Internet-based weather station network to expand WESLACO – The Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center at Weslaco has been awarded part of a nationwide $5.3 million Conservation Innovation Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture – Natural Resources Conservation Service, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Research irrigation expert. The South Texas center will [...]
Peach crop may have been cut by three-fourths by freeze Writer: Robert Burns, 903-834-6191, rd-burns@tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION – What some have termed “crazy weather” appears to have cut potential peach yields by three-fourths or more in the major production areas of the state, said a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service horticulturist. Unseasonably warm weather punctuated [...]
High Plains, South Plains and Rolling Plains suffer damage AMARILLO – Wheat Freeze Assessment Sessions will be held April 17-18 across the High Plains, South Plains and Rolling Plains after temperatures dipped into the teens and low 20s on April 9-10, threatening much of Texas’ wheat crop. Dr. Calvin Trostle, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service [...]
Central Texas wheat took a freeze hit, but it could have been much worse Writer: Robert Burns, 903-834-6191, rd-burns@tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION – There was considerable damage to Central Texas wheat from a late-March freeze, but it could have been a lot worse, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service crops expert. “We still don’t [...]
Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu Contact: DeDe Jones, 806-677-5600, DLJones@ag.tamu.edu AMARILLO – Extreme weather conditions experienced during recent years have caused property damage and early livestock liquidations for many Texas agricultural producers, and as a result, tax implications, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service specialist in Amarillo. These unplanned events often create more [...]
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 [...]
Hard freeze likely damaged much of fall-emerged wheat Writer: Robert Burns, 903-834-6191, rd-burns@tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION – A large part of the Texas winter wheat crop could have been damaged by hard freezes March 24-26, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert. “Temperatures in the teens and low 20s appear to have been common [...]
Some using 18th century technique to keep herds healthy RIO GRANDE CITY – The unrelenting drought is taking its toll on South Texas cattle ranchers who are resorting to a centuries-old emergency method of feeding cattle, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service agent. “Ranchers down here commonly refer to it as ‘chamuscando,’ the [...]
State Climatologist: Global surface temperatures likely to set a new record this year Writer: Robert Burns, 903-834-6191, rd-burns@tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION – There’s very good evidence the same factors contributing to the drought – the El Niño-La Niña cycle — have temporarily stalled global warming, according to a Texas A&M University climatologist. During the last two [...]
In the Valley, not just farmers, but cities, may run out of water by spring Writer: Robert Burns, 903-834-6191, rd-burns@tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION – In the Lower Rio Grande Valley, water shortages are shaping up as a crisis not just for farmers but also for entire cities this year, said a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service [...]
