New Cotton Stripper Fits West Texas Farmers’ Efficiency Goals
• By Mary Jane Buerkle •
For generations, the Smiths of Floyd County, Texas, have embraced ways to help their fellow farmers by being leaders both in and out of the field.
One...
Texas Tech's College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources honored three leaders with the Gerald W. Thomas Outstanding Agriculturalist Awards recently during the 94th annual CASNR Pig Roast at the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center. The Pig Roast also celebrates...
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...
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...
• By Paul Schattenberg •
Crop production is getting a boost thanks to high-tech methods of collecting, managing and analyzing data that are being used by Texas A&M AgriLife researchers and others.
“Researchers with Texas A&M AgriLife Research, along with Texas...
• By Seshadri Ramkumar •
As COVID-19 has affected the normal life and the economy, how have the cotton and textile sectors fared?
The year was supposed to end with a positive news that two vaccines have been approved for mass...
Due to COVID-19 concerns, this year’s Nueces/San Patricio County Field Crop Symposium on Jan. 7 will be by virtual participation only.
“Texas Department of Agriculture continuing education units have been requested for participants, and we have also made a request...
Young farmers and ranchers are cultivating a bright future for Texas agriculture. This year’s Outstanding Young Farmer & Rancher finalists recognized by Texas Farm Bureau share a drive, dedication and passion for agriculture.
Each year, TFB’s Outstanding YF&R competition recognizes...
Cotton prices recently bounced back following a steady fall driven by the pandemic’s effect on U.S. and global demand, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert.
Dr. John Robinson, AgriLife Extension cotton economist, Bryan-College Station, said the latest...
My father, David Fisher, was born in 1920 in Wichita County, Texas, and moved to Willacy County after serving in the U.S. Navy from 1940-1946.
He was chief quarter-master on the Mahan-class USS Preston destroyer. A Japanese cruiser sent her...
Cotton producers in the Rio Grande Valley took a devastating hit from Hurricane Hanna, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert.
Other row crops like corn and sorghum were harvested before the storm arrived, but some alternative crops...
Brent Nelson of Sudan, Texas, was elected president of Plains Cotton Growers Inc. for 2020-2021 during the group's quarterly Board of Directors meeting recently via Zoom.
Joining Nelson on the PCG officer team are Martin Stoerner of Lockney, elected vice...
• By Jennifer Dorsett,
Field Editor •
June 18 was just another day of work for farmers and ranchers across Texas, but for Hidalgo County Farm Bureau member Mike England, it was the first day of cotton harvest.
“The farm I harvested...
Industry Focuses On Prevention To Reduce Growing Plastic Contamination Issue
• By Vicky Boyd,
Managing Editor •
Plastic contamination has long been the bane of the U.S. cotton industry, which prides itself on producing a clean, quality product. Efforts to reduce the...
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