Jack Frost continues to take bites out of Texas wheat Writer: Robert Burns, 903-834-6191, rd-burns@tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION – The damage to the wheat crop in the Panhandle, Southern Plains and Rolling Plains regions from the last bout of freezing weather was not uniform, but losses were “significant,” according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service [...]
Managing brush control in endangered species habitat to be key topic Writer: Steve Byrns, 325-653-4576, s-byrns@tamu.edu Contact: Brian Hays, 254-865-2061, b-hays@tamu.edu BROWNWOOD – Two interagency range and wildlife management field days for landowners, land managers and brush control contractors operating in possible endangered species habitat have been scheduled in late May. The Texas A&M [...]
Writer: Blair Fannin, 979-845-2259, b-fannin@tamu.edu Contact: Dustin Coufal, 979-823-0129, dwcoufal@ag.tamu.edu FRANKLIN – The 27th annual O.D. Butler Field Day scheduled May 17 at Camp Cooley Ranch will feature the latest weed control technologies, plus strategies on buying and selling cattle during fluctuating market conditions. The ranch is located at 4297 Camp Cooley Ranch Road [...]
Contact: Blair Fannin, 979-845-2259, b-fannin@tamu.edu BRYAN – Who will feed the growing U.S. population in the next 50 years? As the current generation of farmers and ranchers ages, the next generation must take over, according to organizers of two agricultural conferences scheduled for Bryan and Abilene. Capital Farm Credit and the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension [...]
Writer: Steve Byrns, 325-653-4576, s-byrns@tamu.edu Contact: James Jackson, 325-453-2461, JamesR.Jackson@ag.tamu.edu SAN ANGELO – The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will present a Livestock and Rangeland Revitalization Program from 1:30-4:30 p.m. May 28 at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center at San Angelo, 7887 U.S. Highway 87 North. “We’re a long way from optimal [...]
Writer: Robert Burns, 903-834-6191, rd-burns@tamu.edu CENTRAL TEXAS – Beef producers are invited to any or all Beef Quality Assurance trainings to be held in May in Canton, Stephenville and Corrigan. The trainings cover many aspects of beef production, including proper handling and the administering of vaccines, herd health, residue avoidance, genetic considerations, and environmental stewardship, [...]
Program designed to help producers in Navarro and Hill counties improve profitability Writer: Robert Burns, 903-834-6191, rd-burns@tamu.edu FROST – No one can change the weather, but it is possible to change pasture management strategies to adapt to drought and uncertainty, said Logan Lair, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service agent for Navarro County. To offer agricultural [...]
Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu Contact: Phyllis Dyer, 940-552-9941, pmdyer@ag.tamu.edu Dr. Paul DeLaune, 940-552-9941, pbdelaune@ag.tamu.edu VERNON – A 10-year effort by Texas A&M AgriLife Research on the Buck Creek watershed will end this month and be recognized with a Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Texas Environmental Excellence Award for agriculture in May. Buck Creek was [...]
Writer: Blair Fannin, 979-845-2259, b-fannin@tamu.edu SIMONTON – Producers throughout the Texas Gulf Coast region will get a firsthand look at Akaushi cattle and receive an overall update on the cattle market during the May 10 Upper Gulf Coast Ranch Expo in Simonton. The event, to be held at the Twinwood Cattle Co., 4430 Guyler Road, [...]
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 [...]
