Tag: Texas
AgriLife Extension Disaster Team Conducts Agricultural Loss Assessments Nov 23, 2022
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service Disaster Assessment and Recovery, DAR, unit recently deployed a team to conduct agricultural damage assessments in three northeast Texas counties in response to tornadoes and severe weather. […]
Texas Plant Protection Conference, Bryan, Dec. 6-7 Oct 12, 2022
The agricultural industry is changing, and the upcoming Texas Plant Protection Conference is an opportunity to learn about responding to these changes. Ronnie Schnell, Texas Plant Protection Association president and […]
Texas: Ag Support Programs Event, Electra, Oct. 13 Oct 1, 2022
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will present “Agriculture Support Programs and You” on Oct. 13 in Electra. The event will be from 6-8 p.m. at Electra Chamber of Commerce, […]
Kansas State Sorghum Researchers Land $2M Grant to Modernize Nitrogen Guidelines Sep 27, 2022
Kansas State University researchers say a $2 million grant that they received recently will help to modernize recommendations for applying nitrogen to sorghum in a three-state region, ultimately boosting the […]
Texas: 9 Counties Designated Natural Disaster Areas to Drought Sep 24, 2022
This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. […]
Texas AgriLife Receives $65Mln Grant to Expand Climate-Smart Practices Sep 22, 2022
Texas A&M AgriLife Research is anticipating the largest competitive grant in the organization’s history, up to $65 million, to execute a five-year multi-commodity project to work with Texas’ large agricultural […]
Texas LRGV Cotton: Harvest Nearly Finished Sep 4, 2022
Cotton growers in the LRGV have been harvesting cotton nonstop working around several coastal showers received these last two weeks and continue to receive as they finish off the season. […]
Texas Wheat: Early Planting – Insect, Disease Vector Management Suggestions Sep 2, 2022
With rains finally blessing the High Plains area, and with grain prices rising, many producers will likely want to take advantage of the soil moisture for wheat establishment right away. […]
Texas Wheat: AgriLife Extension Offers Variety ‘Picks’ as Planting Time Arrives Aug 30, 2022
Persistent drought conditions and forage shortages as well as strong prices for wheat silage and wheat hay have resulted in a large percentage of Texas wheat acres either failing, being […]
Texas Plains Cotton: Rains Likely to Cause Regrowth Issues Aug 27, 2022
General Status For most of our fields, things are winding down rapidly. For late fields or the minority that are still lush and setting fruit, pest pressure still seems to […]