Provides full day of expert pesticide applicator continuing education
⋅ BY SUSAN HIMES ⋅
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will hold the Spring 2023 Integrated Pest Management Conference on Feb. 23 in Dallas.
The training will be from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. at...
Includes Big Country agribusiness event, Agriculture Legacy Luncheon
⋅ BY SUSAN HIMES ⋅
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service in Taylor County and the Abilene Chamber of Commerce will cohost the 2023 Texas Farm, Ranch and Wildlife Expo, the region’s longest-running farm...
Center to focus scientific expertise on carbon capture net-zero goal
⋅ BY GABE SALDANA ⋅
The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents has approved the establishment of the Texas A&M Center for Greenhouse Gas Management in Agriculture and Forestry – a joint organization...
During the 2023 South Carolina Cotton Growers Meeting, cotton growers were told they should expect the possibility of lower prices this year.
Nathan Smith, Clemson Extension agricultural economist and agribusiness program team director, said the outlook for cotton shows a slow economy...
⋅ BY DOMINIC REISIG & ANDERS HUSETH ⋅
Bollgard® 3 ThryvOn™ cotton with XtendFlex® has now received full commercialization for 2023 planting. Our programs have worked with the toxin expressed in ThryvOn cotton since 2014, looking at both basic and...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) reminds our nation’s farmers and ranchers that the deadline to respond to the 2022 Census of Agriculture is Feb. 6. Producers can respond online at agcounts.usda.gov or by mail.
Last month,...
⋅ BY TRACY COURAGE ⋅
University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture
The Arkansas Soil and Water Education Conference has been educating Arkansas farmers and other agriculture professionals for a quarter of a century on how to use new technology and...
The Joseph J. O’Neill Cotton Marketer of the Year award presented by ICE Futures (formerly the New York Cotton Exchange) and BASF dates back to 1991.
Joe Mencer is this year’s award winner. Mencer is a third-generation farmer and has...
Whitetail deer are a significant economic threat to row crop production in Alabama. While his specialty includes crop insect pests, Alabama Cooperative Extension System entomologist Scott Graham has been dealing with reports of deer damage and listening as growers search for...
As farmers prepare for the upcoming growing seasons, the dawning of a new year is a reminder of the new things to come. The Alabama Cooperative Extension System is planning two precision agriculture workshops in February. These workshops are...
This year’s Cotton Specialist of the Year Award was presented to Murilo Maeda, former assistant professor and Extension cotton specialist for Texas A&M University.
“I have no words — the feeling right now is nothing but gratitude to the cotton...
This program will help the South Carolina agricultural community develop barrier-free farming.
– Dale Layfield, Clemson associate professor of agricultural education
Aging and ailments limit some South Carolina farmers, but faculty and researchers at Clemson and South Carolina State universities are...
⋅ BY SUSAN HIMES ⋅
Texas A&M AgriLife
Optional auxin training offered
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will hold the 2023 Southwest Texas Crop Kick-off program on Jan. 18 for Frio, Medina, Uvalde and Zavala counties.
The program will be from 8 a.m.-2:30...
⋅ BY KAY LEDBETTER ⋅
Texas A&M AgriLife
Educators from Oklahoma, Texas to provide cotton, summer crop updates
The 10th annual Red River Crops Conference, designed for producers in southwest Oklahoma and the Texas Rolling Plains, is set for Jan. 18-19 in...
⋅ BY MARY HIGHTOWER ⋅
U of A System Division of Agriculture
Cotton prices were red hot in 2022, but 2023 may see a cooling trend, not only in the markets, but also acres.
2022 was marked by severe drought that smothered...
