Schickedanz retiring as NMSU dean after 31-year Extension career 

Oct 27, 2005

Jerry Schickedanz will retire Oct. 31 after more than eight years as dean of New Mexico State University's College of Agriculture and Home Economics and 31 years with the Cooperative Extension Service. ...

Growers can take steps to insure peanut quality 

Oct 27, 2005,

By Paul Hollis

If the peanut industry is to survive, all segments must work together, including growers, shellers, intermediate processors and manufacturers, says Tom Beaty of Universal Blanchers in Blakely, ...

Ag Tech conference features plant variety protection update 

Oct 26, 2005,

By Ron Smith

Northeast Texas wheat producers will get an update on how the Plant Variety Protection Act affects their operations during the annual Ag Technology Conference December 8 on the Texas A&M-Commerce Campus. ...

Lower fuel prices in near term doubtful 

Oct 26, 2005,

By Forrest Laws

A “long, mild fall” could help ease oil prices back from current post-Katrina/Rita levels. But odds are that little can be done to return U.S. gasoline, diesel and natural gas prices to the ranges farmers and consumers were paying a year ago. ...

Scientists reflect on influential field trial 

Oct 25, 2005

When Ernie Jaworski became the leader of Monsanto’s first biotechnology team in 1979, he had no idea that 25 years later farmers would be planting 200 million acres of genetically engineered crops. ...

Congress begins to see new disaster relief bills 

Oct 24, 2005,

By Forrest Laws

Members of Congress have introduced new disaster assistance legislation aimed at helping farmers who suffered losses from Hurricane Katrina and from the intense drought and other weather problems that occurred in the Midwest this summer. ...

Column: America is running out of time, conventional fuel 

Oct 21, 2005,

By Ron Smith

Most of us, and I include myself in the criticism, so revere our independence and so love our automobiles and pick-up trucks, that we hesitate to put our travel plans in the hands of someone else. ...

Study reveals benefits of fungicide usage 

Oct 20, 2005,

By David Bennett

Potato late blight fungus is associated with the Irish potato famine in 1845 and 1846. But the potato blight problem actually began in North America. ...

Retinal scans eyed for New Mexico show cattle 

Oct 19, 2005,

By Norman Martin

It sounds like science fiction, but New Mexico State University researchers are testing advanced eye-scanning technology on cattle as part of a national tracking system for animal health....

Agribusiness: Applying new herbicide to help control ryegrass 

Oct 18, 2005,

By Bob Scott

It is important to remember that glyphosate is generally very good on ryegrass from emergence through about 2-4 tillers in the fall. ...

Cotton resource CD available for Texas producers  

Oct 14, 2005,

By Blair Fannin

Publications addressing general production, irrigation and insect management, as well as information on harvesting, fiber quality and ginning can be found....

Column: Eliminating commodity programs reduces net income by 25 percent 

Oct 14, 2005,

By Daryll Ray

The impact of trade negotiations has generated significant attention since the recent cotton ruling went against the U.S. ...

Cotton roots coaxed by researchers into producing compound 

Oct 13, 2005

What's getting scientists' attention is a powerful compound extracted from the plants' roots. ...

USDA predicting record long grain rice crop 

Oct 12, 2005,

By Bobby Coats

Even with 2005/06 near record long grain exports of 98 million hundredweight, total ending stocks are projected to be the second largest since 1986 at 26.4 million hundredweight. ...

Two species of armyworms march on Central Texas 

Oct 11, 2005

Hordes of fall armyworms and true armyworms have invaded several Central Texas counties, and the assault will likely continue, warned a Texas Cooperative Extension entomologist here....

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