Texas Crop and Weather Report — April 6
Fruit crops appear on track for a good 2016
Fruit crops appear on track for a good 2016
Overall cattle market remains steady and looks good for producers in 2016
OVERTON — The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will host a field day to discuss small equipment and production methods for small acreage farms. The event will be at Sand Creek Farm, 1552 County Road 267 in Cameron, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 30. Dr. Joe Masabni, AgriLife Extension vegetable specialist at…
TYLER — Black, sooty splotches pepper a line of 10 crape myrtle trees along Broadway Avenue in Tyler. The popular ornamental trees wear the tell-tale signs of bark scale infestations. Erfan Vafaie wrapped five branched on three crape myrtle trees, which is standard protocol for he and the six other researchers studying the bark scale,…
Farmers seek advice as ryegrass makes way for Bermuda grass OVERTON – Call volumes increased for Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service forage specialist Dr. Vanessa Corriher-Olson in Overton, as warm weather has farmers and ranchers looking for proactive ways to control weeds on ranges and pastureland. At this point and with recent rainfall, annual…
Back to normal, spring crops on track after prior years of drought and flooding COLLEGE STATION – Producers around the state are finding conditions more favorable for planting early crops compared to last year, according to Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service reports. Dr. Ronnie Schnell, AgriLife Extension agronomist in College Station, said corn and sorghum…