Monthly Archives: May 2020
Summer Annual Forages for Texas—Sorghum/Sudan & Hybrid Pearl Millet
Dr. Calvin Trostle, Extension Agronomy, TAMU Soil & Crop Sciences, Lubbock, TX (806) 723-8432, ctrostle@ag.tamu.edu February 10, 2020 I have written previously for Texas Row Crops Newsletter about hybrid pearl millet (HPM) in May 2015 and June 2017. The focus of then was the tolerance if not near absence of sugarcane aphid (SCA) activity in HPM. We continue to regard HPM as a poor host for SCA. Additional evidence in several Texas locations since 2017 reaffirms this. For Texas forage growers, HPM remains a potential alternative… Read More →
Update on Industrial Hemp for Texas—April/Early May 2020
Dr. Calvin Trostle, Extension Agronomy & State Extension Hemp Specialist TAMU Soil & Crop Sciences, Lubbock, TX; (806) 723-8432, ctrostle@ag.tamu.edu April 30, 2020 Texas Department of Agriculture Hemp Licensing Texas Department of Agriculture opened their online portal for hemp license applications on March 16. Applications number about 600. Many applicants have received their licenses. Several are awaiting their lot permits. One grower last week noted that TDA suggested they list the full acreage of their farm (101 acres in this case) as the Facility rather than… Read More →