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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Not much freeze-damaged wheat likely to be replanted to cotton Writer: Robert Burns, 903-834-6191, rd-burns@tamu.ed COLLEGE STATION – Texas cotton planting intentions may be affected by the replanting to cotton of freeze-damaged wheat acreage, but a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert doesn’t expect the change to be significant on dryland wheat acres. “Most of [...]
Bee swarms, some low insect populations may be drought related Writer: Robert Burns, 903-834-6191, rd-burns@tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION – Drought and up-and-down temperatures are affecting insect behavior – everything from honeybee behavior to delayed emergence of pests, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service entomologist. “Prolonged drought and these cold snaps we’re seeing do have [...]
Much of state’s warm-season grass pastures still drought damaged Writer: Robert Burns, 903-834-6191, rd-burns@tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION – Much of the state’s warm-season grass pastures have yet to recover from damage suffered during the 2011 drought, said a Texas A&M Agricultural Extension Service forage expert. The recovery delay is caused by several factors, said Dr. Larry [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
