December 8th, 2016
Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, [email protected]: Dr. Jourdan Bell, 806-677-5600, [email protected] AMARILLO – The wheat may be planted, but there’s still a lot of work to do to maximize production, whether for forage, grain or both, said Dr. Jourdan Bell, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service agronomist in Amarillo. Managing irrigation, in-season fertility, diseases and weeds… Read More →
November 28th, 2016
OVERTON – Fertilizing to produce quality winter annual forages, such as ryegrass or small grains, has been difficult for East Texas producers to time as above-average temperatures and moderate drought continue, said Dr. Vanessa Corriher-Olson, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service forage specialist, Overton. Corriher-Olson has received many calls from producers recently regarding the best time… Read More →
November 7th, 2016
Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, [email protected] COLLEGE STATION – Individuals from Texas A&M University are being recognized during the “Resilience Emerging from Scarcity and Abundance” international annual meeting of the American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America and Soil Science Society of America. The annual meeting of the three societies will be Nov. 6-9… Read More →
November 4th, 2016
Soil and Crop Sciences, Entomology,Farm Services and Crop Testing andTexas Apiary Inspection ServiceHEEP CENTER AnnualThanksgiving LunchTuesday, November 22, 2016Serving in Room 424, Heep Center@ 11:45 a.m.Seating in atrium areas and conference rooms.EVERYONE IS INVITED!Each person should bring a dish to serve eight.(If you bring a guest, please bring a dish on their behalf,or make one… Read More →
October 28th, 2016
AgriLife Research develops screening protocol Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, [email protected]: Dr. Shuyu Liu, 806-677-5600, [email protected] AMARILLO – The Texas High Plains high winds are known for causing more than just bad hair days; they are a major contributor to the spread of wheat curl mite–transmitted viral diseases in wheat. Cultural control is not very… Read More →
October 28th, 2016
Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, [email protected]: Dr. Jourdan Bell, 806-677-5600, [email protected] AMARILLO – Unique data for forage sorghums, including varying feed values and management needs of different hybrids, is coming out of a Texas A&M AgriLife trial being conducted near Bushland. “On the Texas High Plains, forage sorghums are a very good fit with the… Read More →
October 27th, 2016
More than 1,220 people attended the 2nd Annual Agronomy Society Corn Maze during the opening weekend October 22 and 23, significantly more than were seen last year. “We had as many people opening weekend as we did in three days last year,” stated Matt Wilhelm, the financial officer for the Agronomy Society. According to organizers,… Read More →
October 25th, 2016
Soybean yields likely to hit or miss in remaining fields Writer: Adam Russell, 903-834-6191, [email protected] Contact: Dr. Clark Neely, 979-862-1412, [email protected]; Russell Sutton, 214-718-1602, [email protected] COLLEGE STATION – Soybean producers had a hit-or-miss growing season this year as the timing of arid conditions and rain factored heavily into yields, according to Texas A&M AgriLife experts…. Read More →
October 24th, 2016
Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, [email protected]: Dr. Nithya Rajan, 979-845-0360, [email protected]. Muthu Bagavathiannan, 979-845-5375, [email protected]. Ronnie Schnell, 979-845-2935, [email protected] COLLEGE STATION – Dr. Nithya Rajan and her colleagues believe organic grain and soybean crops have an enormous opportunity to satisfy demand for specialty feed for a growing niche livestock industry in Texas. Rajan, a Texas… Read More →
October 19th, 2016
The Texas A&M Soil Judging Team won the soil judging contest in Ruidoso, New Mexico, in early October. They were the overall winners, and won the Team Judging event for soil. Four of the five team members finished in the top ten, with the fifth only two places out. Sam Shroyer led the team, finishing… Read More →
