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TOWN AND COUNTRY CHURCH REGIONAL CONFERENCE SET

COLLEGE STATION — The Texas Agricultural Extension Service, the Texas A&M University System and the Texas Conference of Churches will co-sponsor the Town and Country Church Regional Conference Jan. 20 at the Slumber Falls Retreat Center in New Braunfels. The goal of the conference is to inform parishioners of economic and sociological issues facing today’s…

December 11, 1996

Campus & Community

GROWING TEXAS POPULATION PRESENTS CHALLENGE FOR ENVIRONMENT

Growing texas Population Presents Challenges for Environment

November 14, 1996

Campus & CommunityEnvironment

RECREATION FOR RETIREES HELPS STABILIZE ECONOMY, STUDY SHOWS

COLLEGE STATION — Attracting retirees can mean stable income for communities, and suitable recreation amenities may be one of the keys to keeping them there, a Texas A&M University study shows. “There is a strong social element in recreation. Our data suggest if excellent recreation opportunities are available in a community, one of the primary…

November 13, 1996

Campus & CommunityEnvironment

“FREEDOM TO FARM” THEME OF PLANT PROTECTION CONFERENCE

COLLEGE STATION — “Freedom to Farm” will be the theme for the eighth annual Texas Plant Protection Association conference Dec. 10- 11, at the College Station Hilton Conference Center. Richard Newman, U.S. Department of Agriculture deputy administrator for farm programs, will discuss “Freedom to Farm: Competitiveness of Texas Agriculture” during the opening general session at…

October 1, 1996

Campus & CommunityEnvironment

TEXAS WHEAT FARMERS TO PILOT REVENUE CROP INSURANCE, BUT SIGN-UP DEADLINE IS SEPT. 30

DALLAS — Texas wheat growers will be able to try a new kind of crop insurance this year that protects them against revenue losses, as well as yield losses. But they must decide quickly–Sept. 30 is the deadline for choosing this new crop insurance. In 1995, Texas harvested 2.8 million acres of wheat and ranked…

September 2, 1996

Campus & Community

MASTER MARKETERS PROGRAM PREMIERS ON THE HIGH PLAINS

AMARILLO — What would you do with an extra $10,000 or $20,000 or even $50,000 per year? Expand your business and pay off debts, go to Hawaii for the winter? For producers enrolling in the new Master Marketers program, offered for the first time in the Panhandle this January — the numbers were presented in…

August 28, 1996

Campus & CommunityFarm & Ranch

STOKOWSKI WINS AWARD FOR BOOK ON GAMBLING COMMUNITIES

COLLEGE STATION — Dr. Patricia A. Stokowski, assistant professor of recreation, park and tourism sciences at Texas A&M University, is a recipient of the Eugene M. Kayden Award from the University of Colorado at Boulder. Stokowski’s book “Riches and Regrets: Betting on Gambling in Two Colorado Mountain Towns,” is due this summer from the University…

May 30, 1996

Campus & Community

GLICKMAN TO ADDRESS CONFERENCE ON FARM BILL IMPACTS TO TEXAS

COLLEGE STATION — Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman, Texas Agriculture Commissioner Rick Perry, and a host of economists and policy experts have been invited to discuss impacts of the 1996 Farm Bill on Texas during a conference June 27-28 in Lubbock. “The Farm Bill and Beyond: Implications for Texas Agriculture, Agribusiness, and Rural Communities” is hosted…

May 29, 1996

Campus & Community

EDWARDS WATER TRANSFERS COULD BE WORKABLE, STUDY SHOWS

COLLEGE STATION — A Texas A&M University study shows more Southwest Texans than previously assumed support the once unthinkable notion of buying and selling of water rights in the Edwards Aquifer. Such a marketing system for water rights could help resolve difficult environmental and business issues in the 13-county area that depends on the aquifer…

May 17, 1996

Campus & CommunityEnvironment

CONFERENCE TO ADDRESS FARM BILL, AG CHANGES

COLLEGE STATION — Texas agriculture is on the brink of some very profound changes. Within the next few years, updated federal farm policies, increasing competitive global markets, technological innovations and environmental concerns are going to alter agriculture significantly. To help state leaders and stakeholders best understand these changes, the Texas Agricultural and Natural Resources Summit…

May 14, 1996

Campus & Community
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