CROCKETT — Cattle numbers are down and prices are quickly up this year, but Texas beef producers should reign in their optimism until the national inventories are further reduced, warns a livestock economist with the Texas Agricultural Extension Service. “Don’t get bullish yet,” said Ernest Davis, professor and Extension livestock marketing economist. “We could see…
Writer: Joe Bryant, (806) 746-6101, j-bryant1@tamu.edu Contact: Dr. Bill Lyle, (806) 746-6101, blyle@lubbock-ctr.tamu.edu LAMESA–New ideas, new technology, new products and new regulations mean crop producers must quickly assess how well these changes could be implemented on their farms, and if they will, in fact, benefit their operation. But few farmers have the resources to put…
Writer: Robert Burns (903) 834-6191(rd-burns@tamu.edu) Source: Dr. Gerald Evers (903) 834-6191 (g-evers@tamu.edu) FT. WORTH — The latest information on the management of grasslands in the United States will be presented at the 1997 annual meeting of the American Forage and Grassland Council, held this year at the Radisson Hotel in Ft. Worth on April 13-15….
COLLEGE STATION — Dr. John McNeill, associate department head for the department of animal science at Texas A&M University, has been selected Man of the Year in Southwest Agriculture by Progressive Farmer. A profile of McNeill will be published in the Feb. 1 issue of the magazine, and the award is scheduled to be presented…
Writer: Kathleen Davis Phillips, (979) 845-2872, ka-phillips@tamu.edu Contact: Dr. John Mullet, (979) 845-0722, mullet@kinvax.tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION — A unique link between industry and researchers from various public entities is yielding significant progress for cotton crop improvement just one year after it began. “Frankly, I am quite pleased with the results that have been produced in…
1996 All Flowering Plants Linked to 200 Million Year Old Ancestor
COLLEGE STATION — The Texas Equine Research Account Advisory Committee will hold its fourth annual Texas Race Horse Conference Jan. 11 at the Capital Marriott in Austin. The race horse conference, which is coordinated by the Texas Agricultural Extension Service, is held to disseminate the results of research projects funded by the TERAAC. Extension horse…
COLLEGE STATION– Horseowners from across the state will gather in Waco next month for the Blackland Income Growth Horseowners Shortcourse. The shortcourse will be held Jan. 14, 1997 at the Heart of Texas Coliseum in Waco. Extension horse specialist Dr. Doug Householder said that horse enthusiasts from all areas of the industry will be able…
Home, Home on the Range Tells Where Deer, Antelope Play
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