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CARGILL POULTRY DONATES TO TEXAS A&M

COLLEGE STATION — Cargill Poultry Products in Waco has donated $250,000 to fund a graduate fellowship in poultry science at Texas A&M University. Dr. Clarence Creger, professor and head of the poultry science department at A&M, said the fellowship is in memory of Pamela S. Hargis, an A&M faculty member who researched poultry nutrition. “She…

June 2, 1999

Campus & Community

FARMERS URGED TO LOOK AT WATER AS COMMODITY

COLLEGE STATION — Texas farmers and ranchers will have unprecedented opportunities to chart their future in the next 50 years in light of predicted water shortages, a Texas Agricultural Extension Service agricultural engineer said. Texas is expected to fall short in meeting water demands: some say by the year 2050, the state’s water demand will…

May 11, 1999

Campus & Community

COTTON TURN ROW TOURS PLANNED IN RIO GRANDE VALLEY

WESLACO — Specialists with the Texas Agricultural Extension Service will be meeting with cotton growers this week at cotton turn row tours in Hidalgo and Cameron counties. The first, in Hidalgo County on Tuesday, May 11, will start at 9 a.m. at Ross Gin on farm-to-market road 491, north of Expressway 83 in Mercedes. A…

May 10, 1999

Campus & Community

ROLLING PLAINS AGRICULTURE DAY SLATED FOR MAY 13 IN CHILLICOTHE

VERNON — Farmers can update their crop production and management skills, learn more about new technologies and crop diversification options, and glimpse new small grain varieties in the field at a May 13 Agriculture Day at the Texas A&M University research farm in Chillicothe. “This half-day event will offer farmers a wealth of knowledge and…

May 7, 1999

Campus & CommunityScience & Tech

BOOHER JOINS EXTENSION’S FARM ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AT SAN ANGELO

SAN ANGELO — Travis Booher has been named to the newly-created District 7 position of risk management specialist with the Texas Agricultural Extension Service. He is headquartered at the Texas A&M University Agricultural Research and Extension Center here. Booher’s primary job responsibility is assisting agricultural producers with risk management decisions through the newly-expanded Financial and…

April 30, 1999

Campus & Community

WITT RECEIVES ASSOCIATION’S TOP TWO AWARDS

COLLEGE STATION — Dr. Peter A. Witt, head of the recreation, park and tourism sciences department at Texas A&M University, has received both the Fellow Award and the President’s Award from the Texas Recreation and Park Society. Witt is the first society member to win both major awards in the same year, according to society…

April 23, 1999

Campus & Community

AGRICULTURAL FORUM ON POLICY SLATED FOR AUSTIN

COLLEGE STATION — An agricultural forum to discuss the latest policy issues affecting farmers, ranchers and agribusiness is set for April 26 at the Four Points Sheraton Hotel in Austin. Registration begins at 7 a.m., and the meeting begins at 8 a.m. “Whereas most of the state and nation is enjoying a booming economy, agriculture…

April 16, 1999

Campus & CommunityFarm & Ranch

SAN ANGELO READIES FOR 1999 CONCHO VALLEY COTTON CONFERENCE MARCH 30

SAN ANGELO – Plans are nearly complete for this year’s Concho Valley Cotton Conference in San Angelo’s Convention Center March 30. The conference offers a host of up-to-date production tips, new technology findings, a commercial exhibit display, and five continuing education units (CEUs). The Southern Rolling Plains Cotton Growers Association’s annual meeting will round out…

March 25, 1999

Campus & CommunityScience & Tech

U.S. FARMS UNDER CONSIDERABLE STRESS, STUDY SHOWS

COLLEGE STATION – Farms across the United States are under considerable cash flow pressure because of low prices, according to a study released March 11 by the Agriculture and Food Policy Center (AFPC) at Texas A&M University. The droughts and other adversities of 1996 and 1998 have only aggravated in the Southern Plains and the…

March 17, 1999

Campus & CommunityFarm & Ranch

MARCH COTTON MARKETING WORKSHOPS FOCUS ON PROFITABLE PRICING

LUBBOCK – Cotton producers can learn how pricing strategies affect profitability and develop pricing strategies tailored to their own operation at five cotton marketing workshops in March, said an agricultural economist with the Texas Agricultural Extension Service. “Producers can’t control prices, but they can control how all or part of their crop is priced and…

March 15, 1999

Campus & Community
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