Prescribed Burn Workshop set for Aug. 8-10 near Sonora

Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu Contact: Ray Hinnant, 979-820-1778, ray.hinnant@gmail.com SONORA – The Academy for Ranch Management will host a Prescribed Burning School Aug. 8-10 at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research-Sonora Station located on State Highway 55 between Sonora and Rocksprings. The workshop will provide information on the history of fire, weather, planning a burn, [...]

Griffin named AMSA Fellow and 2013 Signal Service Award recipient

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 [...]

Cattle Trails Wheat and Stocker Cattle Conference to be held Aug. 13 in Lawton

Texas and Oklahoma to jointly host event Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu Contacts: Stan Bevers, 940-552-9941, sbevers@ag.tamu.edu Bob Levalley, 580-255-0546, bob.levalley@okstate.edu LAWTON, Okla. – Southern Oklahoma and North Texas have experienced a difficult three years of dry conditions. And while no one knows what the environmental conditions hold for the area, agricultural producers continue to [...]

Taste of Texas program slated June 27 in Center

Program will include a virtual tour, cooking and sampling Writer: Robert Burns, 903-834-6191, rd-burns@tamu.edu CENTER – Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service offices in four East Texas counties will present “Taste of Texas” from 5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. June 27 at the Windham Civic Center in Center. Registration will start at 5 p.m. “Taste of [...]

Texas crop, weather for June 4, 2013

AgriLife agronomist: Hail was the last ‘nail in the coffin’ for some wheat Writer: Robert Burns, 903-834-6191, rd-burns@tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION – Recent hail storms in the Northern Plains were the final straw for much of the wheat there, but many areas still have the chance to make decent yields, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife [...]

AgriLife Extension to host range restoration meeting June 6 near Guthrie

Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu Contact: Toby Oliver, 806-596-4451, t-oliver@tamu.edu GUTHRIE – The 2013 Western Rolling Plains Range Restoration Meeting will start at 8 a.m. June 6 at the Bobby Curtis “06” Ranch, located 13 miles east of Guthrie on U.S. Highway 82 East. Further driving instructions, given by Toby Oliver, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension [...]

June 6 webinar to address when the sunflower is more weed than flower

Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu Contact: Brittany Grube, Brittany.grube@agnet.tamu.edu Dr. Barron Rector, 979-845-2755, b-rector@tamu.edu   COLLEGE STATION – Knowing when a member of the sunflower family of plants is a weed and when it is a desirable flower will be the discussion topic of the June 6 webinar hosted by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service [...]

Texas crop, weather for May 29, 2013

Corn plantings, potential yields on track after frosts and freezes Writer: Robert Burns, 903-834-6191, rd-burns@tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION – Though corn in some areas showed considerable damage from late frosts and freezes in April and early May, most is back on track, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service agronomist. “Cooler weather has delayed planting [...]

Butler Forage Field Day features cattle management strategies

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, [...]

Texas crop, weather for May 21, 2013

Another droughty summer forecast for West Texas Writer: Robert Burns, 903-834-6191, rd-burns@tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION – Though recent storms promised to reset the drought button for a large part of East Texas, the western half of the state will likely see below-normal precipitation from now through August, according to a Texas A&M University climatologist. “We are [...]