COLLEGE STATION — Pumpkins of all sizes have started rolling into grocery stores and vegetable stands from the Texas High Plains, the beginning of an avalanche of the popular orange gourds that won’t stop until just before Halloween. “What we have here is a truly charismatic vegetable,” said Dr. Roland Roberts, a vegetable specialist with… Read More →
COLLEGE STATION — On the introduction to her AGED 340 final exam, Texas A&M University’s Dr. Chris Townsend writes, “This experience is worth 150 points.” But to students in her honors class for professional leadership development, the experience is really worth much more. “Every once in a while, you walk away from a class thinking… Read More →
BIG SPRING–A symposium dealing with the Conservation Reserve Program is set for Oct. 10 at the Dora Roberts Community Center in Comanche Trail Park here. Registration starts at 9:30 a.m. The scheduled keynote speaker is Rep. Charles Stenholm, D- Texas. He will present a Washington update on the CRP program’s status. Big Spring is one… Read More →
COLLEGE STATION — Dr. Zerle L. Carpenter, associate vice chancellor for agriculture with The Texas A&M UNiversity System and director of the Texas Agricultural Extension Service, has been named to a newly-created national agricultural advisory board. Carpenter was one of 30 agricultural leaders across the nation named by Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman to the National… Read More →
COLLEGE STATION — An international irrigation conference is scheduled for Oct. 28-30 at the McAllen International Civic Center. The fourth annual Seminar on Water Rights and Public Policy will be on Monday, Oct. 28. The evening will begin with dinner from 6:30- 7:15 p.m. The program will be from 7:15 p.m.-9:15 p.m. This seminar will… Read More →
Writer: Joe Bryant (806) 746-6101, j-bryant1@tamu.edu Contact: Dr. Darrell Rosenow (806) 746-6101 LUBBOCK–Scientists from 35 countries will attend a five-day conference here Sept. 23-27 to share research and examine needs and progress in improving the breeding of sorghum and pearl millet around the world. Some 300 leaders in the genetic improvement of the important world… Read More →
COLLEGE STATION — A civic activist, a former Texas A&M regent, a former university president and the chief of the U.S. Forest Service have been honored as outstanding alumni of Texas A&M University’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. The 1996 honorees are Roy L. Dye, Jr., of Houston, Wayne A. Showers of McAllen, Dr…. Read More →
Writer: Edith A. Chenault, (979) 845-2886, e-chenault1@tamu.edu Contact: Dr. Mark Waller, (979) 845-8011 COLLEGE STATION — Recent crop estimates for corn and grain sorghum are shedding a little encouraging light for those producers in the middle of the 1996 drought. Released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the estimates show that supplies will be up… Read More →
KERRVILLE — Urban and rural interests will meet here in November for a first-of-its kind two-day summit aimed at solving Texas environmental and natural resource policy issues. Special invited guests include Texas Gov. George W. Bush, Rodney Wetherly of Heritage Beef Cattle Co. and John Flicker of the National Audubon Society. Summit III, the next… Read More →
COLLEGE STATION — The Center for Grazinglands and Ranch Management at Texas A&M University will bring together expertise from the entire Texas A&M Agriculture Program to become a one-stop shop for grazingland managers to get information. Ranchers and or other natural resource managers will be able to contact the center with questions. A Knowledge Seeker… Read More →
