By Steve Byrns
Texas A&M University
Producers wondering what the profit and financing options are for certain 2009 crops can find out by attending either of two Texas AgriLife Extension Service crop profitability workshops set for 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 17 and March 5 at the Texas AgriLife Research and Extension Center at Lubbock....
By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff
One of the most positive messages coming out of the Beltwide Cotton Conferences in San Antonio was the preliminary report on the Cotton Incorporated Natural Resource Survey that, based on responses from 1,300 U.S. cotton producers across the Cotton Belt, indicates that sustainability is standard operating procedure for the vast majority of growers....
By Steve Byrns
Texas A&M University
People needing Texas Department of Agriculture continuing education units can earn five during the Texas AgriLife Extension Service “Last Chance” pesticide license training....
Sometimes you have to dig deep to find hidden treasure. ...
By Robert Burns
Texas A&M University
Parts of the state received ice and freezing rain from the cold front that hammered much of the U.S. But the storm came and went without leaving enough moisture to relieve the drought conditions that have plagued agricultural producers for months in Texas, reported Texas AgriLife Extension Service agents. ...
In his address at the Cuba-U.S. Relations Symposium at the University of Texas, Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples announced his efforts to expand trade relations with Cuba. ...
By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Even in the arid air of West Texas, cotton diseases, both soil-borne and leaf infection, do occur and can cause significant yield and quality losses....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The last time I wrote in less than glowing terms about a candidate for a particular job, he was named secretary of agriculture. ...
By Kay Ledbetter
Texas A&M University
The North Plains Groundwater Conservation District is facing some critical decisions regarding potential water conservation policies and has asked the Texas AgriLife Extension Service to study the situation, according to Steven Walthour, the district's general manager....
By Steve Byrns
Texas A&M University
A longtime Texas AgriLife Extension Service entomologist will assume new duties as state integrated pest management coordinator effective Feb. 1....
By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Despite hurricanes and excessive rainfall which affected cotton production from Texas to the Southeast last year, the quality of the 2008 U.S. cotton crop improved over the previous year, according to a report presented at the 2009 Beltwide Cotton Conferences, in San Antonio....
By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Folks leaving the recent Beltwide Cotton Conferences in San Antonio might have gone away with a touch of the blahs. ...
"Growing Together" is the theme for the 2009 Kansas Farmers' Market Conference scheduled for Mon., Feb. 23, at the Topeka Public Library....
By Steve Byrns
Texas A&M University
Abilene’s annual Texas Farm, Ranch, Wildlife Expo is set for Feb. 24-25 on the grounds of the Taylor County Expo Center, located at 1700 State Highway 36....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The $819 billion stimulus package passed by the House on a party line vote contains at least one provision that could prove helpful to cotton producers and other segments of the U.S. cotton industry....
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