A group of Texas 4-H eighth-graders from Lake Dallas Middle School spent part of the last two months with Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientists learning to create artificial environments for plant growth. The 15 students’ “in vitro” experiments over 60 days were part of a collaboration among AgriLife Research, the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service,…
Spanish sessions offered The 24th annual Building Strong Families Conference will be held on Oct. 24 at the Broadway Church of Christ, 1924 Broadway Ave., Lubbock. The conference will run from 8 a.m.-3 p.m., with registration and breakfast starting at 7:30 a.m. The cost is $12, which includes breakfast and lunch. Attendance is limited to…
Kyle Hammel is the new Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service 4-H youth development agent for Travis County. Hammel, who began Oct. 1, will be responsible for the development and oversight of 4-H youth programming and implementation for Travis County. “We are very excited to have Kyle as part of our Travis County team,” said Michael…
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service hired David Holland as the new AgriLife Extension agriculture and natural resources agent for Cochran County. “I’m excited with the hiring of David as the AgriLife Extension agent in Cochran County,” said Michael Clawson, AgriLife Extension district administrator, Lubbock. “His maturity, work ethic and desire to help people will…
Patrick Stover, Ph.D., director of Texas A&M AgriLife Research and vice-chancellor and dean for the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, and other Texas A&M AgriLife administrators recently completed a two-day visit to the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center in Uvalde to get a first-hand look at the facility and work being done…
The Texas Water Resources Institute, or TWRI, will host a free Texas Riparian and Stream Ecosystem Education Program workshop from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Oct. 23 in Junction for area residents interested in land and water stewardship in Kimble County and surrounding counties. The morning session will be at the Texas Tech University’s Llano River Field…
JMG certification considered ‘Eagle Scout’ achievement in youth gardening Former San Antonio mayor Phil Hardberger recently presented Junior Master Gardener certificates to three young home-schoolers involved in a youth gardening program at Phil Hardberger Park in northwest San Antonio. The three youths were the first to receive certification for participation in the Phil Hardberger Park Children’s…
ROGERS – The Texas Water Resources Institute, or TWRI, is hosting a meeting Oct. 22 in Rogers for anyone interested in joining a partnership to improve and protect water quality in the Big Elm Creek watershed. TWRI is part of Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and the College of Agriculture and…
CORPUS CHRISTI – A Texas Watershed Steward workshop on water quality related to the Lower Nueces River will be held from 8 a.m.-noon Oct. 8 in Room Southwest 1 of the Hilltop Community Center, 11425 Leopard St., Corpus Christi. Doors will open at 7:40 a.m. for a free breakfast provided for workshop attendees who preregister…
Hay airdrop effort assists 4,500 head of stranded cattle in Texas In the aftermath of Tropical Storm Imelda, which affected several Southeast Texas counties with high winds and flooding, employees of the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and the Cooperative Extension Program of Prairie View A&M University rallied to help. “Tropical Storm Imelda brought more…
