SONORA — The Texas Agricultural Experiment Station’s Annual Angora Goat Performance Test Field Day is set for July 19 at the Sonora Experiment Station. The station is located 28 miles south of Sonora, about half way between Sonora and Rocksprings on U.S. Highway 55. Due to the continuing depressed adult and yearling mohair market, only…
Writer: Rod Santa Ana III, (956) 968-5581,r-santaana@tamu.edu Contact: Dr. Bob Wiedenfeld, (956) 968-5585,r-wiedenfeld@tamu.edu WESLACO – When future generations look back on the South Texas drought of the 1990’s, they may learn that the lack of normal rainfall for six years turned the type of irrigation used from flood irrigation to more innovative drip and overhead…
Contact: Edith A. Chenault, (979) 845-2886,e-chenault1@tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION — Some wheat producers across the state are waiting to play extra innings as their harvests are experiencing “rain delays,” the Texas Agricultural Extension Service reports. Dr. Travis Miller, Extension agronomist in College Station, said wheat producers in his area should be finished with their harvest by…
Writer: Rod Santa Ana III, (956) 968-5585,r-santaana@tamu.edu Contact: John Norman, (956) 968-5581,j-norman@tamu.edu WESLACO – Summer rains are starting to take a toll on the Lower Rio Grande Valley’s multi-million dollar cotton crop and, to add insult to injury, already low world market prices are expected to drop even lower. “What we need is a good…
Writer: Rod Santa Ana III, (956) 968-5585,r-santaana@tamu.edu Contact: John Norman, (956) 968-5581,jnorman@tamu.edu WESLACO – Farmers in the Lower Rio Grande Valley who haven’t yet decided how best to defoliate their cotton fields would do well to attend this year’s cotton field day, organized by the Texas A&M Agricultural Research and Extension Center at Weslaco. Among…
What: An educational conference to highlight the beef cattle industry and provide an opportunity for feedyard managers and employees, cattle feeders, stockers and consultants to meet university researchers, become familiar with current research projects, tour new research facilities and supply input to the research programs to help researchers identify industry needs. This year’s conference will…
DALLAS — Cattle producers sometimes work against nature in their beef production systems. Dr. Ron Gill, livestock specialist with the Texas Agricultural Extension Service, said this concern will be addressed in this year’s Metroplex Cattlemen’s Conference. It will focus on the synergy that should exist in a ranching operation among forage production, cattle performance, health,…
Writer: Beth Barbee, (806)359-5401, e-barbee@tamu.edu Contact: Lanny McDonald, (806)354-5827, lmcdonal@amaonoline.com What: A field day and tour to highlight the Tierra Blanca Creek Water Quality Demonstration Project. The Tierra Blanca Creek Demonstration Project is the joint effort of experts from the Texas A&M Extension Service and Experiment Station, state and federal agencies and local landowners to…
Writer: Tim W. McAlavy, (806) 746-4051,t-mcalavy@tamu.edu LUBBOCK — Hail damage and saturated soils have put a dent in this year’s young South Plains cotton crop, leaving many farmers wondering if their damaged crop will recover or whether they should replant to an alternate crop. The chips could fall either way, according to Texas Agricultural Extension…
Writer: Rod Santa Ana III, (956) 968-5581, r-santaana@tamu.edu Contact: John Norman, (956) 968-5581 WESLACO — Unless they continue with increased frequency over the next several weeks, recent scattered showers in extreme South Texas have been mostly good news for cotton and grain farmers. “We haven’t seen any damage to the grain sorghum crop, and the…
