The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will once again provide educational programming through several different events at the Amarillo Farm and Ranch Show Nov. 30 and Dec. 1 at the Amarillo Civic Center, 401 S. Buchanan St., Amarillo.
AgriLife Extension’s...
Field to Market: The Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture recently recognized three individuals and organizations that have demonstrated leadership through their efforts to advance continuous improvement in the sustainability of U.S. commodity crop production.
The winners of the Farmer of the...
Two Clemson University students have developed a machine they say can minimize crop waste during harvest and help farmers save money.
The GPS-guided, unmanned ground vehicle (UGV), Agrus, was developed by students Megan Io Ariadne “Mia” Abenina and Jake Menloe...
Alabama cotton producers are nearing one month of harvest. After many early season delays, dastardly weather at the end of October and some difficult field conditions, producers are ready to hit the field and bring in the crop.
Alabama Cooperative...
Cotton is an important crop worldwide and grown in large amounts in the United States, which provided 38 percent of cotton exports in 2017. One of the greatest threats to cotton production is Fusarium wilt, a fungal disease caused...
• By Fred Miller •
Phil Tugwell — “Tug” to his friends — was known as a hard worker who was generous with resources, knowledge, credit and … well, pretty much everything.
Noel Philip Tugwell died Oct. 20 in Fayetteville, Arkansas....
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Lack of water for agriculture could dampen prospects for California farmers to grow more cotton, even as prices for the commodity have soared.
Diminished global cotton inventories and increased demand for the fiber are expected to...
The Louisiana Agriculture Hall of Distinction is once again accepting nominations for its annual induction ceremony, which will be held March 24, 2022, in Baton Rouge.
The nomination form can be obtained online at www.louisianaagriculturehallofdistinction.com or through any parish Louisiana...
• By George Watson •
Since its formation in 2005, the Texas Alliance for Water Conservation has promoted water conservation through technology and best management practices in order to improve agricultural sustainability and profitability on the Texas High Plains. One...
Oklahoma State University has received more than $2.6 million to research ways to improve agricultural production while reducing environmental impacts, said Kevin Wagner, director of the Oklahoma Water Resources Center at OSU.
It will require a holistic approach, Wagner said....
Researchers from the University of California, Davis, have been awarded a $10 million grant by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture to find ways to sustain irrigated agriculture while improving groundwater quantity and quality...
Julius Tillery, founder of the company Black Cotton and a distinguished leader in environmental, agricultural and racial justice in North Carolina, is being honored by North Carolina State University’s Park Scholars with the William C. Friday Award.
Tillery was chosen...
The Texas Cotton Gin Museum’s volunteer engineers got together in Burton, Texas, in January to do a routine crankcase oil change on the 1925 Bessemer Type IV engine. This vintage piece, nicknamed Lady B, powers all the equipment inside...
Several members of the North Carolina State University cotton Extension team, county agents and others have recently developed or participated in production-related podcasts. The recorded sessions provide timely updates to current production issues, and NCSU cotton specialist Guy Collins...
• By Kay Ledbetter •
From carbon sequestration to greenhouse gas emissions to cover crops, this fall a team of Texas A&M AgriLife faculty and others will begin evaluating the impacts of regenerative agriculture in semi-arid ecoregions in Texas and...
