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MEDIA ADVISORY: ETTER SUMMER CROPS FIELD DAY

Contact: Thomas Marek, 806-359-5401 WHAT: 1997 Summer Crops Field Day North Plains Research Field, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station at Etter WHEN: Thursday, July 24, 1997 – 8:30 AM Registration/Refreshments 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Field Day Program/Tours WHERE: North Plains Research Field Station, 9 miles north of Dumas on U.S. Highway 287 SPONSORS: Texas Agricultural Experiment Station…

June 30, 1997

Farm & Ranch

TWO CORN BORER TYPES SHOWING UP IN FIELDS

Writer: Pam Dillard, (806) 359-5401, p-dillard@tamu.edu; Contact: Dr. Carl Patrick, (806) 359-5401, c-patrick@tamu.edu AMARILLO – What do corn growers in at least five states have in common right now besides corn? Entomologists say they are seeing two distinct types of borer moths active in corn fields in the Texas High Plains and Oklahoma Panhandle. Infestations…

June 26, 1997

Farm & Ranch

LAB FINDS “MAD COW” SIGNS COMPLETELY ABSENT IN TEXAS

COLLEGE STATION — No signs of “mad cow disease” have been found in Texas by the state’s only laboratory which handles bovine autopsies, the laboratory’s director said. “All the work we have done indicates there have been no cases of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or ‘mad cow disease,’ in Texas,” said Dr. Konrad Eugster, executive director…

June 24, 1997

Farm & Ranch

POTATO CROP SMALL, BUT LOOKING GOOD IN WEST TEXAS

Writer: Marianne Toombs, (806) 746-6101 Contact: Dr. Roland Roberts, (806) 746-6101 LUBBOCK–While potato growers in other parts of the country are suffering from overproduction and resulting low prices, potato growers in West Texas probably won’t have to face that problem this season. Potato growers in this area have a relatively small market volume compared to…

June 23, 1997

Farm & Ranch

AGRONOMIST NOTES ALTERNATIVES FOR FAILED COTTON CROPS

Writers: Pam Dillard, (806) 359-5401, p-dillard@tamu.edu; Joe Bryant, (806) 746-6101, j-bryant1@tamu.edu Contact: Dr. Brent Bean, (806) 359-5401, b-bean@tamu.edu AMARILLO – Untimely rains, hail and wind storms have caused some cotton producers to consider replanting to an alternative crop, according to Dr. Brent Bean, agronomist for the Texas Agricultural Extension Service at the Texas A&M Research…

June 19, 1997

Farm & Ranch

CATTLE DIGESTIVE UPSET ON RYEGRASS STILL A SMALL MYSTERY

UVALDE — Researchers already know ryegrass can save water and provide good forage for South Texas ranchers, but using it to best advantage with cattle can be a tricky business. “We can say for sure that proper management of cattle at the time they go to ryegrass is the most important factor for taking advantage…

June 16, 1997

Farm & Ranch

EXPERIMENT STATION, FORT HOOD GO TO WAR WITH SEDIMENT

Writer: Steve Hill, (979) 845-2895 Contact: June Wolfe, III, (254) 770-6672, wolfe@brcsun0.tamu.edu; Dr. Dennis Hoffman, (254) 770-6562, hoffman@brcsun0.tamu.edu; Don Jones, (254) 287-1090, jonesd@hood-emh3.army.mil TEMPLE — Tanks may be destructive by nature, but with the help of the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, the U.S. Department of Defense is trying to make them more environmentally benign. A…

June 13, 1997

Farm & Ranch

TOMATO TECHNIQUES, WEED IDENTIFICATION OFFERED AT FIELD DAY

Writer: Kathleen Davis Phillips, (979) 845-2872, ka-phillips@tamu.edu Contact: Ron Woolley, (817) 968-4144, r-woolley@tamu.edu Archie Abrameit, (512) 898-2214 THRALL — Tomato troubles in the garden? Weeds wreaking havoc? The 34th Stiles Farm Foundation Field Day June 17 is where urbanites can find an expert to help resolve such issues. Field tours, walking tours and exhibits will…

June 12, 1997

Farm & Ranch

TOMATO TECHNIQUES, WEED IDENTIFICATION OFFERED AT FIELD DAY

Writer: Kathleen Davis Phillips, (979) 845-2872, ka-phillips@tamu.edu Contact: Ron Woolley, (817) 968-4144, r-woolley@tamu.edu Archie Abrameit, (512) 898-2214 THRALL — The impact of legislation on agriculture will be the keynote address at 5 p.m. Tuesday (June 17) by State Sen. Steve Ogden, R-Bryan, during the 34th Stiles Farm Foundation Field Day. A barbecue and presentation of…

June 12, 1997

Farm & Ranch

SCIENTISTS SUCCESSFUL BREEDING GREENBUG RESISTANCE INTO WHEAT

Writers: Dave Mayes, (979) 845-2803, d-mayes@tamu.edu Pam Dillard, (806) 359-5401, p-dillard@tamu.edu Contact: Dr. Mark D. Lazar, (806) 359-5401,: m-lazar@tamu.edu BUSHLAND – Agricultural scientists here are having some major successes in developing wheat that is resistant to greenbugs, the single most damaging insect pest for small grains in the southern Great Plains. The release last year…

June 11, 1997

Farm & Ranch
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