Forage producers face drought, high fertilizer costs
Forage producers are dealing with the ripple effects of dry conditions, sporadic cold temperatures and below-average production.
Forage producers are dealing with the ripple effects of dry conditions, sporadic cold temperatures and below-average production.
Weather pattern indicates ‘high impact fire events’ likely
New Mexico, Texas researchers seek economical, sustainable beef management practices
5-year, $10 million grant led by Texas A&M AgriLife Research COLLEGE STATION – Building on more than a decade of stakeholder interactions, a team of Great Plains scientists is rewriting the playbook for livestock production utilizing fire and mixed animal species to graze the land. The team, led by Bradford Wilcox, Ph.D., Texas A&M AgriLife…
AMARILLO – With the wildfire season really heating up, the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service is offering several fact sheets to help homeowners prepare for and mitigate wildfire damages. “We had a fabulously wet spring, we grew a lot of grass and now it has been dry,” said Tim Steffens, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension range management…
COLLEGE STATION — Due to exceptional drought conditions in the Panhandle and South Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott issued a state of disaster on Aug. 23. Abbott announced the state of disaster in Duval, Hall, Jim Hogg, Randall, Swisher, Webb and Zapata counties. In early July, only 5% of the state registered any drought level. Almost…
Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu Contacts: Dr. Jourdan Bell, 806-677-5600, jourdan.bell@ag.tamu.edu Dr. Jackie Rudd, 806-677-5600, jcrudd@ag.tamu.edu Dr. Calvin Trostle, 806-746-6101, ctrostle@ag.tamu.edu AMARILLO – Planted wheat acres were down in 2018-2019 in the Texas Panhandle, but it was still a learning year, according to experts with the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and Texas A&M AgriLife…
Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu Contacts: Pete Flores, 361-362-9201, Pete.Flores@ag.tamu.edu Dr. Morgan Treadwell, 325-653-4576, morgan.treadwell@ag.tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION – How Grasses Grow will be the topic of the Aug. 1 natural resources webinar hosted by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service ecosystem science and management unit. The webinar is part of the Texas Range Webinar Series…
Media contact: Blair Fannin, 979-845-2259, b-fannin@tamu.edu Contact: Dr. Tim Herrman, 979-845-1121,tjh@otsc.tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION – Texas A&M AgriLife Research and the Office of the Texas State Chemist’s role in building a global food safety network to combat aflatoxin poisoning has taken another step forward with its recent accreditation of the University of Nairobi Mycotoxin Laboratory. …
Media contact: Blair Fannin, 979-845-2259, b-fannin@tamu.edu SAN ANTONIO – The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service received the Texas Emergency Management Council Agency of the Year Award recently for its work in response to Hurricane Harvey. The award recognizes outstanding support provided by an agency to the communities of Texas during disasters. It includes providing public…