Applications for the 2020 Lubbock County Master Gardener Intern Class Program are now being accepted through Feb. 15 online at http://www.lubbockmastergardeners.org/. The program is designed to train volunteers to help increase the availability of horticultural information and extend horticultural projects throughout Lubbock County. Lubbock County Master Gardener Association is a non-profit educational and volunteer service…
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will hold an educational seminar on industrial hemp production on Dec. 19. The event will start with registration at 1 p.m, and run from 1:30-4 p.m. at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center, 1102 E. Drew St., Lubbock. The cost is $20 for the public and is…
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will be hosting the Real County Goat and Sheep program on Dec. 18 from 2-4 p.m. at the Leakey Nutrition Center, 420 West Ranch Road 337 in Leakey. The program is free and open to producers throughout the area. “Several trends across the Texas Hill Country have generated increased…
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service has hired Mark Zoeller to be the agriculture and natural resources agent for Schleicher County. Zoeller will start Jan. 1. “Mark will be a real asset to AgriLife Extension and Schleicher County,” said Marty Gibbs, District 7 AgriLife Extension administrator, San Angelo. “I think his education and experience will…
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service has hired Cameron Anderson to be the agriculture and natural resources agent for McCulloch County. Anderson will start Dec. 1. “Cam will be a great addition to AgriLife Extension in McCulloch County,” said Marty Gibbs, District 7 AgriLife Extension administrator, San Angelo. “He grew up in 4-H and is…
Applications due Dec. 1
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will hold the High Plains Ag Conference Dec. 6 at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center at Lubbock, 1102 E. Farm-to-Market Road 1294. The event runs from 8:30 a.m-3 p.m. The cost is $35 if registered by Dec. 4 or $45 at the door. Lunch is included….
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will host the annual District 2 Showmanship Clinic from 10 a.m.-noon on Dec. 7. at the Texas Tech Livestock Arena, 1308 N. Indiana Ave., Lubbock. The event is free for all 4-H and FFA exhibitors. Participants are urged to bring their livestock projects – cattle, lambs, goats and hogs – for a…
Registration is now open for the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service sheep shearing school. The event will run Jan. 6-9 at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center, at 7887 U.S. Highway 87 N. in San Angelo. The cost is $150 for Texans or $250 for out-of-state residents. Applications are due by Dec. 6….
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service is continuing its series of informative Farm Bill sessions across West Texas through Dec. 11. All sessions are free and will begin at 8 a.m. “We want to remind folks that there is still time to come out to one of the meetings,” said Bill Thompson, AgriLife Extension economist,…
