Four tips to prevent and remove grass stickers - AgriLife Today
Aug 13, 2024 · Tip 1: Understand your location’s needs. Sandburs are nasty little weed seed pods. Ridding your lawn of them takes some time and effort, but it can save you and your household some real pain. (Michael Miller/Texas A&M AgriLife) Your location determines how to control sandburs. Boeri warns that Texas’ wide range of climates makes it ...
Texas A&M AgriLife expands controlled environment horticulture ...
January 23, 2024 - by Adam Russell. Jeff Bednar, owner/operator of Profound Foods in Fairview, is relatively new to controlled environment horticulture. It might surprise any visitor to his 10-acre farm — featuring 10,000 square feet, soon to be 50,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor growing systems — that he doesn’t have a green thumb.
When stocking ponds with fish, stick to the process
Apr 8, 2020 · Springtime is the right time to begin the process of stocking new ponds with fish, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert.. Todd Sink, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension aquaculture specialist, College Station, said many landowners believe simply adding fish to a pond will result in a healthy and sustainable fish population. But a planned approach, …
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service - AgriLife Today
Education that saves lives. Honey production up in 2024 after a difficult 2023. Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service reaches across Texas with research-based solutions in agriculture, natural resources and life sciences.
Annual Beef Cattle and Forage Management Seminar set for Oct.
Oct 11, 2024 · The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service office in Robertson County is hosting the annual Beef Cattle and Forage Management Seminar on Oct. 28 in Franklin. The program will be held at the Pridgeon Community Center, 551 Cooks Lane, from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. The cost is $60 and preregistration and payment are required to attend the event.
Volunteering with Texas Master Naturalist - AgriLife Today
Apr 3, 2024 · Texas Master Naturalist is one of the four volunteer programs. It was developed in 1998 as a joint program between AgriLife Extension and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. The program develops volunteers who want to serve their local communities and manage the natural resources around them through education, outreach and service.
New provisions of Texas Farm Animal Liability Act go into ...
Aug 23, 2021 · New signs must be posted to get Texas Farm Animal Liability Act legal protection beginning Sept. 1. The Texas Legislature passed and Gov. Greg Abbott signed House Bill 365, making important changes to the Texas Farm Animal Liability Act, said Tiffany Dowell Lashmet, AgriLife Extension agriculture law specialist, Amarillo.. Lashmet spoke at the recent Texas …
AgriLife Expert: Gopher control tricky, worth effort
April 2, 2018 - by Adam Russell. Writer: Adam Russell, 903-834-6191, [email protected]. Contact: Dr. Vanessa Corriher-Olson, 903-834-6191, [email protected]. OVERTON – Gophers can be a nuisance to hay and livestock producers, and springtime is a good time to address them, said a Texas A&M AgriLife …
Texas oyster farming outlook good for 2021 and beyond
October 1, 2020 - by Paul Schattenberg. While 2020 has presented more than its fair share of challenges for most industries, experts from Texas A&M AgriLife and other institutions supporting the fledgling oyster farming industry along the Texas Gulf Coast are optimistic about the industry’s outlook for 2021 and beyond.
Millions of bats call Texas home sweet home - AgriLife Today
October 8, 2024 - by Susan Himes. Everything is indeed bigger in Texas, including its bat colonies. Texas has 33 species of bats, more than any other state, and is home to the largest bat colony in the world. Bats throughout the world play a crucial role in the environment, from insect control to pollination. (Michael Miller/Texas A&M AgriLife)