A drive to make U.S. a leader in organic cotton
$3.5 million Texas A&M AgriLife Research-led project to develop an understanding of organic practices, barriers and soil health implications
$3.5 million Texas A&M AgriLife Research-led project to develop an understanding of organic practices, barriers and soil health implications
Organic sources of fertilizer subject of on-farm and small-plot research
AgriLife Extension will research export opportunities, challenges for state’s organic fruits and vegetables
Rising demand for organic prompts increasing producer interest
Texas A&M AgriLife to lead organic specialty crop breeding with unique guar and cowpea varieties
Ravelombola joins efforts to improve specialty crop markets in Texas
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service is now offering the Texas A&M AgriLife Organic Workshop online. Although the videos are tailored toward the High Plains and Rolling Plains producers, there are videos that provide great insights for producers across Texas, said Emi Kimura, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension agronomist, Vernon. The series of nine videos range anywhere from…
Organic production workshops in the High Plains and Rolling Plains will outline more about the rules and regulations. (Texas A&M AgriLife photo)
Recent studies focus on conventional, organic farming/soil amendments UVALDE – Researchers at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center in Uvalde have completed two more studies – both focusing on soil amendments and variety adaptation – related to the viability of organically-grown artichokes as a commercial crop in Texas. Artichokes are a reasonably low-maintenance…
Writer: Paul Schattenberg, 210-859-5752, paschattenberg@ag.tamu.edu Contact: Rebecca Dittmar, 830-257-6568, rsdittmar@ag.tamu.edu KERRVILLE – While the popularity of farmers markets has grown, there is still a lot of misunderstanding about what certain terms mean and what is allowed to be sold there, said a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service program specialist. “A lot of the terms used to…