Southwest Farm Press News Archive

Recent flooding shows the need for upstream flood control

Aug 28, 2007

Recent flooding in Oklahoma has once again shown the need for the upstream flood control structures in our state said Scotty Herriman, president of the Oklahoma Association of Conservation Districts. Oklahoma is home to more flood control dams than any other state, but many planned flood control dams have remained on the drawing board due to the lack of federal funding. ...

Biggest costs of bloat may be in undiagnosed cattle

Aug 28, 2007,

By Kay Ledbetter
Texas A&M University

Cattle deaths due to bloat are an economic loss, but the greater cost may come during the early stages of bloat, said a Texas Agricultural Experiment Station researcher at Vernon. ...

Carbon Credit Conference set for Sept. 28 in East Texas

Aug 27, 2007,

Robert Burns
Texas A&M University

An upcoming conference promises to walk landowners through four steps to making a profit from selling carbon credits, said a Texas Cooperative Extension expert. ...

Extension expert issues 'heat advisory' for farm pond fish

Aug 27, 2007,

By Robert Burns
Texas A&M University

Humans and their domestic pets aren't alone in being at risk from triple-digit summer heat, according a Texas Cooperative Extension wildlife and fisheries specialist. ...

First Bale in Coastal Bend Area for 2007

Aug 27, 2007

Each year the Corpus Christi Cotton Exchange gives an award of $1,500 to the grower that harvests and gins the FIRST BALE of cotton in the Coastal Bend Area. This bale is then auctioned to bidders from area and state ag-businesses at the CCCE FIRST BALE PARTY. The proceeds from that auction and from other contributions are used to fund a total of eight, $1,000 per-year scholarships, awarded to area students interested in agriculture. ...

Cotton Harvest Begins In Coastal Bend Amidst Brushes With Tropical Storms

Aug 24, 2007,

By Harvey Buehring
FARM and RANCH HAPPENINGS Nueces County Extension Agent

Cotton harvest in the Lower Coastal Bend area started in earnest during the third week of August. Some of the area’s earliest maturing fields had harvest equipment working as early as August 15. But, as earlier predicted, the Coastal Bend cotton crop is at least two to three weeks later than usual this season. ...

Perennial Pastures Require Care, Planning

Aug 24, 2007,

By Tim W. McAlavy
Texas A&M

So you want some perennial grass on your place for grazing or maybe even hay? Before you get started on this project, get a leg up and do some planning, said a Texas Cooperative Extension beef specialist. ...

Texas Crop, Weather Report

Aug 24, 2007

Rainfall across the state has put range and pastures in great shape for beef cattle, and livestock markets have gotten a boost, according to Texas Cooperative Extension reports....

Fort Stockton Field Day to Center on Rangeland Water Harvesting

Aug 23, 2007,

By Steve Byrns
Texas A&M University

Texas Cooperative Extension's Pecos County office will be conducting a Rangeland Water Harvesting Field Day from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sept. 27 at the Sherman Hammond Ranch....

Experiment Station Scientist Named Fellow of Prestigious Science Society

Aug 23, 2007,

By Robert Burns
Texas A&M University

Dr. Ron Randel, an East Texas based researcher with the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, has been named a fellow of the American Society of Animal Science....

Erratic EU Weather Spurs Spanish Sorghum Imports

Aug 23, 2007

U.S. sorghum prices have been on the rise in response to growing demand from Spain, with sorghum trading at a premium to corn on the international market....

Agricultural Chemicals Institute will take place Wednesday September 12, 2007

Aug 22, 2007,

By Roger Haldenby

The conference will take place at the Reese Technology Conference Center located at 9801 Reese Boulevard North (West 4th Street) Lubbock, Texas. ...

South Texas Crop Loss Estimates To Be Released Friday

Aug 22, 2007

A media conference call announcing crop loss estimates due to above-normal rainfall over much of South Texas is scheduled at 10 a.m. Friday. ...

USDA reports third highest sorghum yields on record

Aug 22, 2007

USDA crop estimates from 2007 pegged sorghum production at 474,961,000 bushels, up 71% from last year. Average yield is estimated at 70.9 bushels per acre, up 27% from last year. ...

TALKIN' COTTON

Aug 21, 2007

2007 OKLAHOMA-KANSAS cotton growing conditions are featured in this week of Talkin' Cotton. There are reports from Dick Cooper, Plains Cotton Cooperative Assn. marketing specialist at Liberal, Kan.; Monte Kahle, Great Plains Cotton Gin manager, Blackwell, Okla.; Jerry Stuckey, Northwest Cotton Growers Cooperative manager, Moscow, Kan.; Roger Sewell, manager, business development, High Tech Gin Inc., Pratt, Kan.; and Gary Feist, manager, Southern Kansas Cotton Growers Cooperative Inc., Winfield and Anthony, Kan. ...

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