The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and Texas Master Naturalist organization will be holding a new chapter rally on Dec. 16. The event will take place from 5:30-6:30 p.m. at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center at 1619 Garner Field Road in Uvalde. Everyone interested is invited to attend, whether or not they…
The state veterinary diagnostic laboratory, the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory, TVMDL, tests hundreds of thousands of samples annually. However, on the brink of each year’s deer hunting season, test numbers begin to spike as the demand for chronic wasting disease, CWD, testing increases. What is Chronic Wasting Disease? CWD is a progressive neurological…
Artificial Intelligence’s Impact on Texas Agriculture will be the focus of the conference The 31st annual Texas Plant Protection Conference will be held Dec. 10-11 in Bryan, with this year’s focus being on the impact of artificial intelligence, or AI, on Texas agriculture. The event will be held at The Brazos Center, 3232 Briarcrest Drive,…
Texas A&M works to protect monarchs on Texas roads, and they need your help
A Texas Well Owner Network, or TWON, training has been scheduled for 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Nov. 19 at the Lincoln Community Hall, 1066 Main St. in Lincoln. Well Educated training is free and open to the public. Joel Pigg, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service program specialist and TWON coordinator, College Station, said the program is…
A Texas Well Owner Network, or TWON, training has been scheduled for 1–5 p.m. Nov. 14 at the Limestone County Courthouse, 200 W. State St. in Groesbeck. The Well Educated training is free and open to the public. Joel Pigg, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service program specialist and TWON coordinator, College Station, said the TWON…
The Texas Water Resources Institute, or TWRI, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and the Angelina and Neches River Authority will host a meeting Nov. 22 in Lufkin for anyone interested in water quality impairments in Jack, Cedar, Hurricane and Biloxi creeks, tributaries of the Neches River below Lake Palestine. The meeting will be at 10…
The Texas A&M Natural Resources Institute, or NRI, has recently published the Texas Quail Atlas, a free online resource and the newest “story map” to be developed by the institute. The online atlas was developed as a collaborative effort of the Reversing the Decline of Quail in Texas Initiative and the NRI Geospatial Analysis Team….
The Texas Water Resources Institute, or TWRI, in collaboration with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, will host meetings Nov. 21 in Woodville and Jasper for anyone interested in joining a partnership to improve and protect water quality in the Sandy and Wolf creeks. The first meeting will be at 1 p.m. at 201 Veteran’s…
Starting Nov. 11, Kloey Cargill Painter will be the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service agriculture and natural resources agent for Shackleford County. “We are excited to have Kloey as the Shackelford County agent,” said Marty Gibbs, District 7 AgriLife Extension administrator, San Angelo. “Her experiences in Brewster, Jeff Davis and Throckmorton counties will be invaluable…
