Grains

Texas rice crop struggles through cooler temperatures, water supply issues

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:56:00 +0000

Kathline Phillips, Texas AgriLife

Water restrictions in some parts of Texas and unseasonably cool temperatures that settled in earlier this year have had the state’s rice crop growing in a bit of uncertainty.

AgriLife Research to determine when wheat diseases limit input effectiveness

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:59:00 +0000

Kay Ledbetter, Texas AgriLife

When a farmer starts noticing he has disease in a wheat field, it doesn’t matter how much water or nitrogen is applied, it can be a waste.

AgriLife Research: Wheat producers have another aphid control tool

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:46:00 +0000

Kay Ledbetter, Texas AgriLife

Producers looking for aphid control in wheat fields might have a new tool, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Research study.

Cotton and corn production estimates lower in latest WASDE report

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 18:21:00 +0000

Cotton and corn production estimates for 2013/14 are reduced in the latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE), while wheat, sugar and total meat production are expected to increase. Rice, soybean and milk production will remain unchanged from last month, according to latest figures.

N.E. Texas wheat dodges bullet

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 16:15:00 +0000

Northeast Texas wheat farmers are breathing a huge sigh of relief as they harvest what appears to be a much-better-than-average crop instead of what many expected as late as six weeks ago would be a near disaster.

Wheat harvest beats expectations

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 21:56:00 +0000

Northeast Texas harvesting surprising wheat yields

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 21:48:00 +0000

Is this the year to sell or store wheat?

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 19:46:00 +0000

If your marketing strategy has been to sell wheat in one-third increments between harvest and January 1, this may be the year to sell a higher percentage at harvest.

Texas A&M corn breeder recognized by national association

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 19:03:00 +0000

Kay Ledbetter, Texas AgriLife

Dr. Seth Murray, a Texas A&M AgriLife Research corn breeder in College Station, will be recognized with the 2013 NAPB Early Career Award by the National Association of Plant Breeders and Plant Breeding Coordinating Committee.

AgriLife agronomist: Hail was the last ‘nail in the coffin’ for some wheat

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 19:13:00 +0000

Robert Burns, Texas AgriLife

Recent hail storms in the Northern Plains were the final straw for much of the wheat there.