Category Archives: Announcements
Private Pesticide Applicator Training and Testing: Plains, Tx, March 13
Pesticide Applicator Training Thursday, March 13, 2014 Yoakum County Extension Office 901 Ave. G, Plains, Texas 79355 -R.S.V.P. March 12, 2014- 8:00 AM Registration 8:15 AM Pesticide Applicator Training Start Time; $60.00 fee. 12:00 PM Break for Lunch 1:00 PM Test Time by a TDA Representative (no fee to test) Persons planning to attend need to call the Texas AgriLife Extension, Yoakum County Office 806-456-2263 to make a reservation and order study materials. There will be a $60.00 fee collected for study materials If you need any special… Read More →
Additional informational meetings about the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Farm Bill) scheduled in area
Southwest Council of Agribusiness (co-sponsored by the Agricultural Food and Policy Center and Texas A&M AgriLife Extension) Presenters: Dr. Joe Outlaw, AFPC; Tom Sell, Combest, Sell & Associates March 19 – Lamesa, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Forrest Park Community Building, 814 S. Houston (lunch provided) March 20 – Lubbock, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Plains Cotton Cooperative Association Delegate Body Room, 3301 E. 50th St. (enter through west doors – lunch provided) March 21 – Amarillo, time and location TBD ****A complete list of SWCA meetings can be found at http://www.southwest-council.org/farm-bill-forums.html More… Read More →
NATIONAL COTTON COUNCIL AND SWCA SCHEDULE FARM BILL EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS
NATIONAL COTTON COUNCIL AND SWCA SCHEDULE FARM BILL EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS Friday, February 21, 2014 By Mary Jane Buerkle Producers, bankers, and others in the agricultural industry will have the opportunity to learn more about the recently passed Agricultural Act of 2014, the Farm Bill, at several meetings scheduled in the area. The National Cotton Council will host 49 meetings across the Cotton Belt, 16 of those in Texas. A complete list is available at http://www.cotton.org. They are as follows: February 24 – El Campo, 9 a.m., El Campo Civic… Read More →
T-Y IPM News, February 20,2014
Current Situation: General Situation: Continued dry, and drier…2013 ended with the Texas Tech Mesonet recording 11.15 inches of precipitation for Brownfield and 11.24” for Plains. During January neither Brownfield, nor Plains recorded any measurable precipitation. These dry conditions may have delayed some observable weed growth; however, the typical winter annuals have emerged and are present in wheat and pastures. Winter wheat has struggled, even under irrigation. According to the Texas ET Network, wheat in the late tillering stage has used an estimated 1.12 inches of water over the… Read More →
Sandyland Ag Conference, Seminole, February 20
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, Gaines County will host the Sandyland Agriculture Conference Thursday, February 20th. Registration will begin at 8:00AM and presentations will begin at 8:30AM. Lunch will be provided by sponsors, Texas Department of Agriculture CEUs will be provided to attendees. The event will conclude at approximately 3:20PM. The meeting will be held in the Gaines County Civic Building in downtown Seminole, Tx. Contact Terry Millican at 432.758.4006 for details.
US Fish and Wildlife Reopens Public Comment Period Regarding Lesser Prairie Chicken Listing- Give Your Input!
NEWS RELEASE: Fish and Wildlife Service Reopens Public Comment Period on Special Rule under Endangered Species Act for Lesser Prairie-Chicken Reopening Ensures Public Access to Range-wide Conservation Plan http://www.fws.gov/southwest/ January 28, 2014 The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is reopening for 14 days the public comment period on the proposed special rule that would provide regulatory certainty for landowners by exempting from regulation conservation actions and development undertaken in accordance with the state-developed, range-wide lesser prairie-chicken conservation plan, should the prairie-chicken be listed as threatened under the Endangered… Read More →
Lesser Prairie Chicken Stakeholders’ Conservation Strategy Information Meeting Scheduled for Jan. 23 in Morton
Friday, January 17, 2014 By Shawn Wade The next landowner outreach and information meeting for the Stakeholders’ Conservation Strategy for the Lesser Prairie Chicken and the LEPC Habitat Exchange Program has been scheduled Thursday, January 23, in Morton, Texas. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. CDT at the Cochran County Activity Center in Morton. A meal will be provided to attendees. RSVPs are appreciated to help plan for the meal; please contact Shawn Wade at PCG at (806) 778-6256. Non-governmental stakeholder groups that encompass agriculture, the oil… Read More →
Lubbock County GOP, Ag Groups to host Texas Ag Commissioner Candidate Forum, January 22
CANDIDATE FORUM for Texas Agriculture Commissioner January 22, 2014 at 1-3PM Farmers Cooperative Compress 3800 SE Drive, Lubbock Texas 79408 The Texas Cotton Ginners Association, Texas Agricultural Cooperative Council, Texas Association of Dairymen, Texas Independent Ginners Association, and the Lubbock County Farm Bureau, in coordination with the Lubbock County Republican Party, invite you to join us for a candidate forum. Scheduled to attend will be the candidates for the Republican Nomination for Texas Agriculture Commissioner; including J. Allen Carnes, Tommy Merritt, Sid Miller, and Eric Opiela. The forum… Read More →
Feed grains marketing workshop to be offered Feb. 3-4 in Amarillo
Feed grains marketing workshop to be offered Feb. 3-4 in Amarillo Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu Contact: Dr. Steve Amosson, 806-677-5600, samosson@ag.tamu.edu AMARILLO – Agriculture producers preparing for tough markets in 2014 should plan to attend Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service’s “Developing This Year’s Marketing Plan for Feed Grains” workshop Feb. 3-4 in Amarillo, according to an AgriLife Extension economist. A record corn crop along with adequate-to-surplus supplies of all crops in the U.S. and world markets, stagnant ethanol demand and the lowest cattle inventory in 60 years… Read More →
South Plains Ag conference and Tradeshow, Brownfield, January 21
Agricultural producers, crop advisors and consultants will have an opportunity to get the most up-to-date information regarding peanut disease management and production practices, cotton variety traits, cotton root knot nematode management, and weed management from Texas A&M AgriLife Extension and Research Specialists during the South Plains Ag conference, Tuesday, January 21, 2014. The event will be held at the First Baptist Church in Brownfield located at 219 West Main. Registration will begin at 7:45AM and the program will begin promptly at 8:10AM. Attendees will also be provided with… Read More →