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GOAT PRODUCERS TO GATHER JULY 24-26 IN KERRVILLE

SAN ANTONIO –A Gathering of Goat Producers is scheduled July 24-26 in Kerrville with the YO Ranch Resort Hotel serving as headquarters. Live animal activities and a trade show will be at the Hill Country Youth Exhibition Center. Nearly 500 producers, exhibitors and county agents from a number of states are expected to attend the…

July 13, 2001

Farm & Ranch

GOAT PRODUCERS TO GATHER JULY 24-26 IN KERRVILLE

SAN ANTONIO–A Gathering of Goat Producers is scheduled July 24-26 in Kerrville with the YO Ranch Resort Hotel serving as headquarters. Live animal activities and a trade show will be at the Hill Country Youth Exhibition Center. Hundreds of producers, exhibitors, and extension agents from a number of states are expected to attend the event…

July 13, 2001

Farm & Ranch

LEMON TO SERVE AS INTERIM EXTENSION STATE COTTON SPECIALIST

Writer: Blair Fannin, (979) 845-2259,b-fannin@tamu.edu Contact: Dr. Robert Lemon, (979) 845-2935,r-lemon@tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION — Dr. Robert Lemon has been appointed interim state cotton specialist for the Texas Agricultural Extension Service. Dr. Travis Miller, associate head and Extension program leader for soil and crop sciences, recently made the announcement. Lemon’s interim appointment follows the retirement of…

July 10, 2001

Farm & Ranch

TEXAS CROP, WEATHER REPORT

Writer: Danielle Supercinski, (979) 862-1556,workn1@neo.tamu.edu Contact: Edith Chenault, (979) 845-2886,e-chenault1@tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION – Warm weather usually helps the state’s cotton crop, but producers are afraid things might get a little too hot in the field, the Texas Agricultural Extension Service reports. “Good growing conditions include adequate moisture,” said Dr. Carl Anderson, Extension economist in cotton…

July 10, 2001

Farm & Ranch

54TH BEAUMONT FIELD DAY SHOWCASES IMPACTS OF RICE RESEARCH

Writer: Jay Cockrell, (409) 752-2741,j-cockrell@aesrg.tamu.edu BEAUMONT — The latest advances in rice research in Texas, which has helped farmers quintuple their yields since 1939, will be showcased July 12 at the 54th annual field day at the Texas A&M Agricultural Research Center in Beaumont. “Scientists at the center have worked for eight decades to improve…

July 6, 2001

Farm & Ranch

BEEF IMPROVEMENT FEDERATION TO MEET JULY 11-14 IN SAN ANTONIO

SAN ANTONIO – The 2001 Beef Improvement Federation (BIF) will hold its 33rd annual meeting July 11-14 at the Omni Hotel. BIF is an organization of breed associations, universities, and ranchers interested in improving the performance of beef cattle through genetic selection practices, such as the use of expected progeny difference (EDP). The conference, titled…

July 5, 2001

Farm & Ranch

AUGUST TEXAS AG POLICY SUMMIT TO EXPLORE FARM POLICY OPTIONS, CONSEQUENCES

LUBBOCK — Texas farmers and ranchers can get short- and long-term projections on how their operations will fare during the next few years at the Aug. 13-14 Texas Agricultural Policy Summit slated here at the Holiday Inn Park Plaza. The summit will attract producers, lenders, agribusiness representatives, environmental and natural resource stakeholders, and rural community…

June 29, 2001

Campus & CommunityFarm & Ranch

TEXAS CROP, WEATHER REPORT

Writer: Tammy Barrow, (979) 862-1556,workn1@neo.tamu.edu Contact: Edith Chenault, (979) 845-2886,e-chenault1@tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION – Warm days and cool nights have produced a good watermelon crop just in time for the Fourth of July, the Texas Agricultural Extension Service reports. “For the most part, this year’s watermelon crop is good,” said Dr. Frank Dainello, Extension horticulturist in…

June 26, 2001

Farm & Ranch

TEXAS A&M BEEF CATTLE SHORT COURSE SET FOR AUG. 6-8

COLLEGE STATION — The 47th annual Beef Cattle Short Course is scheduled for Aug. 6-8 at Texas A&M University and is expected to attract more than 2,000 cattlemen across Texas and the United States. This year’s short course will include expert speakers and discussion on foreign animal diseases, such as foot-and-mouth and Mad Cow disease,…

June 26, 2001

Farm & Ranch

TEXAS PREPARES FOR EMERGENCY ANIMAL DISASTER

COLLEGE STATION – Texas A&M University will be the site for a simulated foot-and-mouth disease outbreak on June 26-29. According to Dr. Linda Logan, head of the Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC), “The exercise will give us an opportunity to review the organizational structure of the state’s emergency management system and develop greater cooperation between…

June 22, 2001

Farm & Ranch
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