Hill Country Agriculture Briefs

Visit the latest edition of Beef Cattle Browsing at http://animalscience.tamu.edu/academics/beef/browsing/beef-cattle-browsing-august-2012

Attached is a link to the Fall Ag Newsletter.  Don’t forget about the Beef Cattle and Range Management Workshop and the Multi-County Sheep and Goat Program scheduled for September. AgNR newsletter -Fall 2012

Interested in learning more about soil composition and it’s relationship to plant growth?  The Medina County Extension Office is hosting a series of four webinars each Tuesday during September from 9:00 a.m. to 12 noon.  To learn more, see the attached flyer. Soil Fertility Workshops

Looking for a new app for your smart phone?  The article below was featured in the August edition of The Cattleman magazine.  The new app includes 129 common range and pasture plants.  Check it out! plant id – range app

The drought of last year that was largely contained in the Southwest has spread this year to cover much of the U.S.  Currently 1,584 counties in 32 states have been declared disaster areas.  All counties within Texas have been declared disaster areas (http://www.usda.gov/documents/usda-drought-fast-track-designations-080812.pdf). This disaster designation brings little relief at this point.  Several indemnity programs […]

The Bandera County Extension Ag/NR Committee has organized a Beef Cattle and Range Management Workshop Tuesday, September 18th from 6-9 p.m. at the Bandera County Recreation Center in Mansfield Park.  Dinner will be served and 2.5 hours of CEU credit will be offered.  Cost will be $15/person. Please RSVP to the Bandera County Extension Office at […]

Within the last two weeks, I’ve received numerous calls concerning wood boring insects in several tree and shrub species.  Take a look at the publication below for more information on identification, damage and control options. b5086

OAKS ARE SAFEST IF PRUNED IN THE WINTER OR LATE SUMMER.  Any wound on an oak tree, when the bark beetle is active, is likely to get visited by the beetle.  If the wound and the visit occur during the period of early February through May, when the fungus is also active, there is a […]