April 28th, 2016
In 1914, R. E. Dickson admonished landowners “Don’t pray for rain if you can’t take care of what you get.” At the 3rd annual Bennett Trust Resource Stewardship Conference held in Kerrville April 14 and 15, Steve Nelle, Natural Resource Conservation Service (retired), explained to the gathered landowners that land stewardship is the backbone for…
April 28th, 2016
If you don’t measure it, you can’t manage it. That was the underlying theme at the 2016 Spring Ranch Management University (RMU) which took place April 4-8 at the G. Rollie White Visitor’s Center on Texas A&M University’s O.D. Butler Animal Science Complex in College Station. Forty-six people attended the five-day program coordinated by Dr….
April 21st, 2016
Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, [email protected]: Dr. Paul DeLaune, 940-552-9941 ext. 207, [email protected]. Emi Kimura, 940-552-9941 ext. 233, [email protected] CHILLICOTHE – Wheat, canola, triticale and cropping systems will be highlighted during a field day May 4 at Texas A&M AgriLife Research’s Chillicothe Station, located south of Chillicothe on Farm-to-Market Road 392. Registration will be from 7:45-8:30 a.m.,…
April 21st, 2016
Writer: Steve Byrns, 325-653-4576, [email protected] Contact: Robert Pritz, 325-672-6048, [email protected] ABILENE – The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will conduct the Multi-County Wheat Tour beginning at 8:30 a.m. May 6 at the Taylor County variety test plots. The test plots are located off State Highway 351 on County Road 521, also known as Mesquite Lane….
April 21st, 2016
Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, [email protected]: Dr. Jourdan Bell, 806-677-5600, [email protected] Voyles, 806-373-0713, [email protected] BUSHLAND – The Bushland Canola Field Tour has been set for May 3 at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research Bush Farm, located at 600 Farm-to-Market Road 2381 north of Bushland. The tour will begin with registration from 9-9:30 a.m. and conclude by…
April 21st, 2016
The Texas Water Resources Institute is partnering with AgriLife Extension and the Texas Well Owner Network on these programs, they said. “Private well owners in Texas are independently responsible for monitoring the quality of their wells,” said Drew Gholson, AgriLife Extension program specialist and network coordinator, College Station. “They are responsible for ensuring their…
April 7th, 2016
Clean-up efforts along the Geronimo and Alligator Creeks are paying off, according to Texas AgriLife Extension Program Specialist Ward Ling. This is the fourth year Ling has coordinated a clean-up in the watershed that drains to Geronimo and Alligator creeks. It is part of the watershed protection plan that was established for those creeks in…
April 6th, 2016
Over seventy people from throughout the United States and four other countries gathered in Rudder Tower March 30 – April 2 for the 3rd Biennial Genetics of Maize-Microbe Interactions Workshop (GMMI). Scientists from ten states in the U.S., as well as Germany, South Africa, Kenya and China participated in the workshop. Twelve Universities were represented…
March 28th, 2016
March 22nd, 2016
Texas A&M Turfgrass Science students volunteered over spring break in advance week preparations for the PGA World Golf Championships Dell Match Play at Austin Country Club. Students gained experience and insights into tournament preparations, working closely with golf course superintendent Bobby Stringer as well as PGA Tour Officials. The tournament, which begins this week, hosts…
