EAST TEXAS — After several months of drought, the only thing flooded in East Texas is the market for culled beef cows. Even so, with cow prices hovering at only 35 cents per pound, specialists and county agents with the Texas Agricultural Extension Service are still recommending that producers continue to actively cull their beef… Read More →
TYLER — New laws and the latest technology may leave little room in the market place for the small- to medium-sized farmer, according to a rural sociologist scheduled to speak here at an upcoming conference on sustainable agriculture. With today’s technology, 25,000 to 30,000 large-scale farm operations could supply all the food and fiber the… Read More →
BEAUMONT — Reducing rice production costs and increasing competitiveness for the industry are the main themes of the annual Texas A&M University agriculture program’s rice field days at Eagle Lake and Beaumont. The Eagle Lake field day will be held Thursday, July 10, starting with tours at 4 p.m., and will include dinner with the… Read More →
COLLEGE STATION Basic ranch management will be the theme of one of the special sessions of the Texas A&M University Beef Cattle Short Course scheduled for Aug. 3-5. “This year, there is a section just for new ranch owners and managers,” said Dr. Larry Boleman, Texas Agricultural Extension Service beef cattle specialist. “It is kind… Read More →
AMARILLO — Dr. Charles Rush, plant pathologist with the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station at the Texas A&M Research and Extension Center here, has been recognized for his career accomplishments with three separate awards. Within the last six months, Rush has received the Outstanding Faculty Award from A&M’s department of plant pathology and microbiology, and is… Read More →
Writer: Kathleen Phillips (979) 845-2872, ka-phillips@tamu.edu Contact: Dr. Carl Anderson (979) 845-8011, canderson@tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION — Unrelenting hot, dry weather across the state continues to take its toll on Texas crops, slashing an estimated $500 million from cotton farmers and $1.8 billion from the economy, according to a Texas Agricultural Extension Service economist. The estimated… Read More →
BEAUMONT — Equitable taxation and incentive programs for land use emerged as priority issues today as more than 100 people concluded input in a two-day summit, Texas Forestry: Preparing for the 21st Century. Tax relief such as exemptions similar to those extended to other agricultural operations got 98 percent of the urgent-to-high votes from participants… Read More →
COLLEGE STATION — Burnet County on Monday was added to the state quarantine restricting the movement of commercial bee operations following the detection of Africanized honey bees there. Texas now has 102 counties quarantined for Africanized honey bees, according to Paul Jackson, chief inspector for the Texas Apiary Inspection Service, a unit of the Texas… Read More →
EAST TEXAS — Approximately 150 East Texans showed up for the 1998 Overton Center Horticultural Field Day, held June 18 at the Texas A&M University Agricultural Research and Extension Center at Overton in Rusk County. Some attended in their professional capacity, being involved with the commercial bedding plant industry. Others, for whom gardening is a… Read More →
COLLEGE STATION The drought of 1998 is impacting Texas rangelands and ranchers this year and possibly years to come, according to Dr. Wayne Hamilton, director for the Center of Grazingland and Ran ch Management. But there are ways for ranchers to plan for and cope with drought. The major droughts of the 1930s and 1950s… Read More →
