Writer: Steve Byrns,(915) 653-4576,s-byrns@tamu.edu SAN ANGELO — Three West Texans were honored here in conjunction with the Texas Forage and Grassland Council’s annual meeting and the State Hay Show this month. About 80 producers and others involved with the forage industry attended the annual meeting. About 50 4-H and FFA youth participated in forage judging…
Writer: Pam Dillard (806) 359-5401;p-dillard@tamu.edu Contact: John Sweeten (806) 359-5401;j-sweeten@tamu.edu AMARILLO — The Texas A&M University System Agriculture Program will break ground for the first of a three-phase Wheat Genetic Improvement Program facility on Tuesday (Dec. 22) at 3 p.m. The construction site is located within the Conservation and Production Research Laboratory Complex, 2300 Experiment…
Writer: Steve Byrns, (915) 653-4576,s-byrns@tamu.edu SAN ANGELO — The Texas Forage and Grassland Council’s State Hay Show and annual meeting is Dec. 10-11 at the Texas A&M University Agricultural Research and Extension Center here. The event is co-sponsored by the Texas Agricultural Extension Service. The meeting routinely rotates around the state, but the content is…
COLLEGE STATION — The Chicago Mercantile Exchange will begin its series of nationwide educational meetings in Texas next spring to teach ranchers how to use its Stocker Cattle Futures contracts which started trading Nov. 30. Few outside the trading community know about the new commodity contract, and officials hope producers will begin to watch the…
WACO — Cattle producers should know what they’re raising before they’re disappointed, warns Oklahoma State University beef cattle specialist Dr. Robert Kropp. The Stillwater-based specialist was referring to the growing trend of selling cattle on a grid system where premiums are paid for animals on the carcass rail meeting specific yield and grade criteria. Misunderstandings…
AMARILLO — The 14th annual Panhandle Farm Management Symposium will be geared toward helping farmers and ranchers stay competitive in an ever-changing world of markets and production, according to Steve Amosson, farm management economist with the Texas Agricultural Extension Service. The conference is held each year in conjunction with the Amarillo Farm and Ranch Show…
Writer: Kathleen Phillips, (979) 845-2872, ka-phillips@tamu.edu Contact: Dr. Cloyce Coffman, (979) 845-0877, c-coffman@tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION — “Principles, Policies and Protection,” will be the theme of the 10th annual Plant Protection conference here Dec. 8-9 at the Pebble Creek Country Club on Greens Prairie Road, east of U.S. Highway 6. A general session from 8:30-10:40 a.m….
Writer: Kathleen Phillips, (979) 845-2872,ka-phillips@tamu.edu Contact: Dr. Cloyce Coffman, (979) 845-0877,c-coffman@tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION — “Principles, Policies and Protection,” will be the theme of the 10th annual Plant Protection conference here Dec. 8-9 at the Pebble Creek Country Club, east of U.S. Highway 6 on Greens Prairie Road. A general session will open the conference with…
SAN ANGELO — Current issues in commercial meat goat production is the focus of the West Texas Meat Goat Symposium Nov. 12-13 at the Texas A&M University Agricultural Research and Extension Center in San Angelo. The program is being sponsored by the Tom Green County office of the Texas Agricultural Extension Service, the Texas Agricultural…
SAN ANGELO — The third annual West Texas Ranchers’ Conference is set for Nov. 4 in the exhibit building at the San Angelo Fairgrounds. Registration starts at 8:30 a.m. The conference concludes at 2 p.m. “This year’s program offers a wide array of topics for the West Texas rancher,” said Jeff Ripley, Tom Green County…
