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 [...]
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 [...]
Future groundwater availability, quality dependent on conservation efforts Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu Contact: Dr. Srinivasulu Ale, 940-552-9941, sriniale@ag.tamu.edu Dr. Sriroop Chaudhuri, 940-552-9941, schaudhuri@ag.tamu.edu VERNON – Two Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientists recently completed an evaluation of groundwater resources in the Trinity and Woodbine aquifers under the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex and published their findings in an [...]
Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu Contact: Marcel Fischbacher, 806-935-2594, mhfischbacher@ag.tamu.edu DUMAS – A Water Wise Living Conference will be held April 15-16 at the Moore County Community Building, 1600 S. Maddox Ave., Dumas. The program is a joint effort of the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service in Moore County, Moore County Extension Leadership Advisory Board [...]
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 office in Sterling County will conduct a home water efficiency and xeriscape program beginning at 6:30 p.m. April 23 at the Sterling County Community Center in Sterling City. “With spring upon us and dry weather [...]
Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu Contact: Brandon Boughen, 806-373-0713, bwboughen@ag.tamu.edu AMARILLO – The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service in Potter County will offer a “Tree Care for the Panhandle” class on April 19 at the office located at 3301 S.E. 10th Ave., Amarillo. “Almost everyone in the Panhandle, and certainly Amarillo, has a tree,” said Brandon [...]
Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu Contact: Brandon Boughen, 806-373-0713, bwboughen@ag.tamu.edu AMARILLO – A rainwater harvesting workshop will be held April 13 at the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service office in Potter County, 3301 S.E. 10th Ave., Amarillo. This course will provide an overview of rainwater harvesting, its uses and applicability to conserving rainfall as a [...]
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 [...]
COLLEGE STATION – Fragrance. That and the potential to boost his country’s economy are what brought a student halfway around the world to learn about horticulture at Texas A&M University. Roses, it turns out, are as popular in Pakistan as in the U.S., albeit for slightly different reasons. And those reasons are what has Pakistani [...]
Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu Contact: Dr. Bob Shaw, 979-845-8642, rbshaw@tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION – Dr. Bob Shaw would like to see more people out picking grass. Not just any ol’ grass, but new species that haven’t been documented in a particular county of Texas. Shaw, a Texas A&M University ecosystem science and management professor, has [...]
