SONORA The Texas Agricultural Experiment Station’s 2003 Angora Goat Performance Test will proceed as scheduled, starting with the delivery of animals to the station on Feb. 24-25. The station is 28 miles south of Sonora on Highway 55. The test has been held annually since it began in 1980, but according to Dr. Dan…
ABILENE - The Fourth Annual West Texas Farm and Ranch Show is set for Feb. 18-19 on the Taylor County Expo Center grounds. “This year’s event should be our best yet,” said Gary Bomar, Texas Cooperative Extension agent in Taylor County and an event coordinator. “Each year we continue to add commercial booth space and…
WESLACO — Designed for everybody from the hobbyist to large producers, a comprehensive, three-month course on citrus and citrus production begins Feb. 13 at the Texas A&M-Kingsville Citrus Center in Weslaco in the Lower Rio Grande Valley and ends April 24. Precision Citrus Orchard Management, a continuing education course, includes a field trip and instruction…
OVERTON - The Texas Forage and Grassland Council (TFGC) recently honored Dr. David Bade, forage specialist with Texas Cooperative Extension at College Station, with this year’s Grasslander Award. The council, composed of producers, industry and public service agencies, promotes economically and environmentally sound forage-based agriculture in Texas. The Grasslander Award is the council’s highest honor,…
Writer: Rosangela Davalos, (979) 862-1556,workn1@neo.tamu.edu Contact: Edith Chenault, (979) 845-2886,e-chenault1@tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION – Texas farmers are preparing land for the upcoming spring planting season, while cotton farmers are enthusiastic after a record-setting harvest, Texas Cooperative Extension reports. A record 533 pounds per acre was produced on 4.5 million harvested acres, yielding 5 million bales of…
COLLEGE STATION Dr. Tom Spencer, assistant professor of animal science at Texas A&M University, has been selected to receive the 2003 Young Animal Science Research award by his colleagues in the southern United States. Spencer will receive the award which honors him for excellence in reproductive biology research at the annual Southern…
COLLEGE STATION Some federally inspected Texas beef processors say they would begin exporting state-produced beef if they knew more about potential markets, policies and procedures, while current exporting firms cite problems with interpretations of regulations, especially involving trade with Mexico Texas’ leading export market. The findings come from a study sponsored by the…
COLLEGE STATION Randall Mints says he’s armed and ready to take back four days’ worth of financial planning information and apply it to the family’s crop and cattle operation in Vernon. “The main thing I wanted to learn here was to be a better decision maker,” he said. Mints and about 23 other representatives…
Writer: Robert Burns (903) 834-6191,rd-burns@tamu.edu Sources: Randy Reeves (903) 935-8413 OVERTON – A wide variety of topics dealing with growing turfgrass will be covered at the Feb. 6 East Texas Turfgrass Conference near Overton. Participants will hear about new varieties, insect control and disease prevention, changes in pesticide regulations, soil fertility issues and a step-up…
OVERTON A three-day intensive workshop for start-up ranchers has seven openings left. Set April 1-3, the Pasture and Livestock Management Workshop is designed for those who have recently inherited or bought rural acreage for the first time. “Unlike other Extension ranching programs, the focus of this program is not so much how to fine-tune…
