Archives for July 2017

Need CEU’s?  Mark your calendar for an informative educational program Thursday, August 31st from 5-9 p.m. at the Bexar County Extension Office.  Three hours of pesticide CEUs will be offered.  Cost is $15/person payable in advance or at the door.  Topics will include feral hog biology, control options, disease issues and watershed implications.  See attached… Read More →

Below is a flyer promoting an event in Boerne sponsored by the Hill Country Alliance and Cibolo Conservancy Friday, August 25th. Cibolo Workshop_August2017 Flyer

AMARILLO – After such a positive response last year, four new Rancher Leasing Workshops covering grazing, hunting and livestock leases are scheduled across the state by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service. The free programs are funded by the Southern Extension Risk Management Education Center, said Tiffany Dowell Lashmet, AgriLife Extension agricultural law specialist in… Read More →

By Robert Wells, Ph.D. Livestock Consultant, Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation The southern Plains summer heat can be hard on pastures, cows and calves, especially first-calf cows. These cows are in a special class as they are still trying to maintain body condition, actively grow, support reproduction by gestating with her second calf, and lactating. Lactation… Read More →

The Texas A&M Beef Cattle Short Course has a rich tradition and historical place in the programs emanating from the Department of Animal Science at Texas A&M University. Dating as far back as 1942, Professor John K Riggs started the first in a series of Beef Cattle Short Courses held on the campus of Texas… Read More →

Check out this video from the Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation on Fall Armyworm Control.  Highlight the following link, right click, open link in new window and scroll to the bottom of the page. https://www.noble.org/ag/  

Attached is the eighth edition of Rolling with Bowling. The focus is on cotton bollworm.  Click on the following link to learn more. http://bit.ly/2ssFFKV  

The bermudagrass stem maggot (Atherigona reversura), a new pest of bermudagrass forage in Texas has been reported in multiple counties so far. The bermudagrass stem maggot is native to south Asia (from Japan westward to Pakistan) and was first reported in the United States in Georgia in 2010. This pest only infests bermudagrass and stargrass… Read More →