May 9th, 2019
By: Adam RussellContact: Calvin Trostle, [email protected] Sorghum acres are expected to decrease amid excellent growing conditions because of an ongoing trade dispute, said a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert. Dr. Calvin Trostle, AgriLife Extension agronomist, Lubbock, said the U.S. Department of Agriculture prospective plantings report estimated 1.35 million grain sorghum acres to be planted… Read More →
May 9th, 2019
By: Beth Ann LuedekerContact: Dr. Ben Wherley, [email protected] The Texas A&M Turfgrass Science team recently hosted members of the United States Golf Association Green Section’s research committee at the Scotts Miracle-Gro Center for Lawn and Garden Research. During the visit, faculty and grad students from the Department of Soil and Crop Sciences provided updates on… Read More →
May 8th, 2019
By: Beth Ann LuedekerContact: Dr. Seth Murray – [email protected] Dr. Seth Murray recently conducted a whiskey tasting on Capitol Hill to help educate legislators on the importance of public agriculture research. Murray’s presentation was part of the Hill Lunch-N-Learn seminar series sponsored by the National Coalition for Food and Agricultural Research (C-FAR). More than 100… Read More →
May 8th, 2019
By: Beth Ann LuedekerContact: Mark McDonald – [email protected] Students supporting other students As a new slate of officers is sworn in for the Soil and Crop Sciences Graduate Organization (SCGO), it is a good time to look back at the students who organized and led the group through its formative years. After conducting the first… Read More →
April 24th, 2019
Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, [email protected]: Dr. Jackie Rudd, 806-677-5600, [email protected]. Richard Vierling, 940-552-9941, [email protected] AMARILLO – Two new wheat varieties have been announced by Texas A&M AgriLife Research and the TAM Wheat Improvement Program, according to Dr. Jackie Rudd, AgriLife Research wheat breeder at Amarillo. “We are excited to release these two new varieties that… Read More →
April 23rd, 2019
Writer: Kay LedbetterContact: Joel Pigg, 979-845-1461, [email protected]. Diane Boellstorff, 979-458-3562, [email protected] David “Joel” Pigg is combining his Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and water conservation district experiences in his new position as the Texas Well Owner Network, or TWON, coordinator. Pigg began his new position April 15, and is located in the Texas A&M University… Read More →
April 23rd, 2019
By: Kay Ledbetter Texas corn producers will have hybrids better suited to the state’s longer growing season and multiple stresses in the future after a Texas A&M AgriLife team from across the state released five new lines bred specifically for that purpose. “These are the first lines tested, selected and released for commercial corn hybrid… Read More →
April 23rd, 2019
By: Beth Ann Luedeker Congratulations to all the scholarship and awards recipients recognized at the awards banquet held April 11 at the Hildebrand Equine Center. While officially an undergraduate banquet, many graduate students received recognition and awards that night as well. Dr. Kim Dooley, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Associate Dean for Academic Operations,… Read More →
April 11th, 2019
Written by: Emi Kimura, James Grichar, Pete Dotray and Josh McGintyContact: Dr. Emi Kimura, [email protected] Best Management Practices (BMPs) for peanut production include effective season-long weed management. Below are four weed management principles in peanut production. Early season weed management is most important, which means weed control later in the season should be easier. Yield… Read More →
April 11th, 2019
Written by: Kay LedbetterContact: Contact: Dr. Endang Septiningsih, 979-845-7527, [email protected] Rice crops can stress under too much water or water at the wrong time. Developing tolerance to these flooding stresses and improving rice cultivars is the life passion for Dr. Endang “Septi” Septiningsih, a Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientist. Rice growers around the world have… Read More →
