Writer: Robert Burns (903) 834-6191, rd-burns@tamu.edu Source: Dr. Greg Clary (903) 834-6191, g-clary@tamu.edu WACO — Buying hay, not interseeding small grains into pastures, may be the less expensive way to overwinter cows, according to an economist with the Texas Agricultural Extension Service. “We’ve found that under current East Texas conditions, stockpiling hay and supplemental feeds…
WACO — Most Texas cow/calf producers would probably be surprised to learn that a recent beef quality study showed an average $138 was lost per steer or heifer marketed in the United States because of excess fat or other unwanted carcass conditions, says a livestock specialist with the Texas Agricultural Extension Service. Dr. Todd Thrift,…
Writer: Pam Dillard, (806) 359-5401, p-dillard@tamu.edu Contact: Steve Amosson, (806) 359-5401, s-amosson@tamu.edu AMARILLO — This year’s Panhandle Farm Management Symposium, set for Wednesday will have something for everyone, say organizers with the Texas Agricultural Extension Service. “There will be topics of interest to most any rancher or farmer in the tri-state area,” said Steve Amosson,…
Writer: Robert Burns (903) 834-6191, rd-burns@tamu.edu Contact: Woody Anderson (800) 687-1212 WACO — To remain competitive in the world market and with growers in other parts of the state, Blacklands cotton growers will need to consider establishing a boll weevil eradication program, according to Woody Anderson, chairman of the Texas Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation. Anderson…
Writer: Kathleen Davis Phillips, (979) 845-2872, ka-phillips@tamu.edu Contact: John LaRose, (573) 547-7212 LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Irrigation and plant spacing will be the topics for two Texas researchers at the National Conservation Tillage Cotton and Rice Conference here, Jan. 20-21. Dr. Wayne Keeling, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station agronomist from Lubbock, will discuss irrigation conservation tillage…
Writer: Mary M. Porter, (972) 952-9232, m-porter@tamu.edu Contact: Dr. Milt Engelke, (972) 952-9269, m-engelke@tamu.edu DALLAS — The name zoysia (pronounced ZOY-zee-a) may not roll off your tongue, but lots of people may soon be rolling out this new grass for home landscapes, golf courses and parks, according to Texas A&M University turfgrass breeder Dr. Milt…
Writer: Joe Bryant (806) 746-6101, j-bryant1@tamu.edu Contact: Dr. David Worrall (940) 552-9941, d-worall@tamu.edu VERNON–The wheat research program, a vital part of the work conducted at the Texas A&M University Agricultural Research and Extension Center here, is symbolic of the center’s response to the changing needs of producers since it opened 25 years ago. “There was…
Writer: Kathleen Davis (979) 845-2872, k-davis3@tamu.edu Contact: Harvey Buehring (512) 767-5223, h-buehring@tamu.edu CORPUS CHRISTI — Improving overall customer satisfaction will be the purpose of a statewide grain sorghum industry meeting here Nov. 19-20 at the Best Western Sandy Shores Beach Hotel. “To promote growth of the grain sorghum industry, we must ensure consistency of supply,…
Writers: Joe Bryant (806) 746-6101, j-bryant1@tamu.edu Pam Dillard (806) 359-5401, p-dillard@ tamu.edu Contact: Dr. Todd Baughman(940) 552-9941, ta-baughman@tamu.edu VERNON — Genetically engineered cottons are being tested across the Rolling Plains this season so growers can know how they perform in this region, says an agronomist with the Texas Agricultural Extension Service here. “We want our…
Writer: Pam Dillard, (806) 359-5401, p-dillard@tamu.edu Contact: Emory Boring, (940) 552-9941, e-boring@tamu.edu VERNON — A cotton seeding rate study at two Rolling Plains sites by scientists of the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station and Texas Agricultural Extension Service has shown area producers how they can cut costs and even improve their yield. The study, funded through…
