Writer: Robert Burns, 903-834-6191, rd-burns@tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION – Most of the state received rain the third week of February, further greening up pastures and winter wheat, according to reports from Texas AgriLife Extension Service personnel. In some cases, the rains stimulated the growth of winter grasses and small grains to the extent that it relieved…
COLLEGE STATION – Sixteen people from the U.S. and Canada involved in nature tourism recently returned from the annual Texas AgriLife Extension Service “Ecotourism Field Course for Professionals” in Costa Rica, said Miles Phillips, with the recreation, park and tourism sciences department at Texas A&M University in College Station. “Participants included tour company owners, landowners,…
LUBBOCK – Comparing possible profits from South Plains crops for the 2012 season will be the focus of a Texas AgriLife Extension Service workshop set for 9 a.m.-3 p.m. March 20 at the Texas AgriLife Research and Extension Center, 1102 East Farm-to-Market 1294, Lubbock. “Each year, we offer producers the tools, data and skills they’ll…
Writer: Blair Fannin, 979-845-2259, b-fannin@tamu.edu Contact: Dr. Tom Hairgrove, 979-458-3216, TBHairgrove@ag.tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION – Helping a beef producer become more profitable and identifying methods to make an operation more efficient are just two goals associated with a program offered by the Texas AgriLife Extension Service, according to organizers. The Beef Partnership in Extension Program, also…
NACOGDOCHES – The Attoyac Bayou Watershed Partnership will hold its next meeting March 8 to continue discussions on the development of the Attoyac Bayou watershed protection plan. The meeting, hosted by the Texas AgriLife Extension Service and the Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board, will be from 6-8 p.m. at the Nacogdoches County Farm…
