Student essay contest expands, awards reach $20,000 

Mar 6, 2009

The second annual student essay contest sponsored by Syngenta Crop Protection and Farm Press Publications is upping the ante and expanding into more states....

South Texas Covey Connection seeking additional landowner participants 

Mar 6, 2009,

By Paul Schattenberg
Texas A&M University

The South Texas Covey Connection is looking for additional landowners to join its ranks, said a Texas AgriLife Research wildlife scientist....

Ruminant nutrition conference set for Arlington 

Mar 6, 2009,

By MIke Jackson
Texas A&M University

The annual Mid-South Ruminant Nutrition Conference has been set for April 6-7, organizers said....

Many parts of state tinderbox dry 

Mar 5, 2009,

By Robert Burns
Texas A&M University

As the Texas drought diminished soil moisture and dried out pastures and rangeland, wildfires reports have heated up, according to the Texas AgriLife Extension Service and the Texas Forest Service. ...

Spring wheat possible hay crop 

Mar 5, 2009

A lack of moisture during this winter season has certainly hurt the wheat crop here in the Coastal Bend as well as most of Texas. ...

NRCS reopens two application periods for grant programs  

Mar 5, 2009

The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) announced submission of proposal applications for the 2009 Agricultural Water Enhancement Program (AWEP) has been reopened until April 1, 2009. ...

Senators at odds on Obama proposals 

Mar 4, 2009,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Two of the top Democrats on the Senate Agriculture Committee are praising President Obama’s new “honesty in budgeting” approach. ...

Major commodity organizations reiterate importance of 2008 farm bill safety net 

Mar 4, 2009

A statement from David Cleavinger, president of the National Association of Wheat Growers and a wheat producer from Wildorado, Texas; Bob Dickey, president of the National Corn Growers Association and a corn producer from Laurel, Neb.; Toby Bostwick, chairman of the Board of the National Sorghum Producers and a sorghum producer from Melrose, N.M.; and Johnny Dodson, president of the American Soybean Association and a soybean producer from Halls, Tenn....

Gala aims to give flight to Texas quail population  

Mar 4, 2009

The distinct whistle of the quail, once a prominent hallmark across the open spaces of Texas, has softened to a faint echo in many parts of the state. ...

Cotton Council protests ‘safety net’ proposals 

Mar 3, 2009,

By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff

USDA has taken some steps to improve the implementation of the new payment limitation and eligibility regulations in the 2008 farm bill, but the Agriculture Department still has a ways to go to make sure the rules follow congressional intent, the National Cotton Council chairman says....

Sorghum growers putting checkoff to work 

Mar 3, 2009,

By Larry Stalcup
Contributing Writer

Using their new value-based checkoff assessment, sorghum growers across the country are taking steps that can help them see extensive research and promotion that hopefully will rival that for corn, soybeans and wheat....

Private pesticide applicator training and testing 

Mar 3, 2009

There will be a Texas private pesticide applicator training and testing program March 11, 2009 at the Bailey County Extension office in Muleshoe, Texas. ...

Extension workshop March 5 will help producers compare profitability of crops 

Mar 3, 2009,

By Roger Haldenby
Plains Cotton Growers Inc.

Producers who want to take a look at profitability scenarios for 2009 and closely examine their financial options should attend the Texas AgriLife Extension Service cotton profitability workshop, said an Extension economist....

Non-toxic fungus may hold key to aflatoxin contamination 

Mar 2, 2009,

By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Drought can deliver a double whammy to dryland corn farmers in parts of Texas....

Concho Valley Cotton Conference set for March 24 in San Angelo 

Mar 2, 2009,

By Steve Byrns
Texas A&M University

The eighth Concho Valley Cotton Conference is set for 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. March 24 in the San Angelo Convention Center. ...

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