Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center at Amarillo
OVERTON – A new, pioneering forage wheat model could provide a valuable technique to researchers exploring the potential of biomass production for cool-season annual forage grasses, according to model developers. Researchers at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center in Overton - Dr. Monte Rouquette, Texas A&M AgriLife Research plant physiologist, and Dr. Prem […] The post New computer model uses decades of data to help producers predict wheat forage success appeared first on AgriLife Today.
LEVELLAND – The West Plains Crops Conference, hosted by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service offices in Hockley, Cochran and Lamb counties, will be held Jan. 11 in the Sundown Room, 1401 S. College Ave., South Plains College, Levelland. “This year we have a program packed with experts on cotton and other crops in this […] The post West Plains Crops Conference set Jan. 11 in Levelland appeared first on AgriLife Today.
COLLEGE STATION - Texas A&M University’s Dr. Kevin Conway, Dr. Joshuah Perkin and their team have located an extremely rare find within the waters of the Rio Grande along the U.S. and Mexico border. The Conchos shiner, Cyprinella panarcys, a fish species identified for the first time on record in the U.S. in April, was […] The post Texas A&M scientists find Mexican endemic fish never identified in U.S. appeared first on AgriLife Today.
COLLEGE STATION - Since the mid-1980s, the simulation model developed by a Texas A&M AgriLife Research economist has been used to evaluate countless farm bill proposals by Congress to determine both the good and bad financial outcomes for U.S. farmers. After a 41-year career with the Texas A&M System, Dr. James Richardson, co-director of the […] The post Longtime AgriLife Research economist Dr. James Richardson to retire appeared first on AgriLife Today.
NEW BRAUNFELS – A Texas Watershed Steward workshop on water quality related to Geronimo and Alligator creeks will be held from 1-5 p.m. Feb. 5 at the Old Mill Resort Event Center, 1554 Gruene Road in New Braunfels. The workshop will be presented by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and Texas State Soil and […] The post Water quality training in New Braunfels to focus on Geronimo, Alligator creeks appeared first on AgriLife Today.