Three landowners’ workshops set for San Antonio
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service (AgriLife) will host three workshops for rural and semi-rural landowners in and around Bexar County. [...]
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Olive field day set for Aug. 29, Georgetown
The Texas A&M University AgriLife Extension Service (AgriLife) will host the Texas Olive Field Day on Aug. 29 in Georgetown [...]
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Heifer questions rise from USDA report
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released the latest Livestock, Dairy and Poultry Outlook report with conflicting numbers on heifer [...]
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Will El Niño bring more moisture for the Southwest?
Several weeks ago forecasters thought El Niño would be a robust weather in the fall. Indicators in June and July [...]
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Agromedicine training set for Nov. 17-18, Fort Worth
A 10-hour workshop in agromedicine for rural health care professionals, including veterinarians, is being offered by the University of Texas [...]
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New VS cases in Texas, Colorado
Texas and Oklahoma continue to identify confirmed cases of vesicular stomatitis (VS), primarily affecting horses and cattle. A total of [...]
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AgriLife resources to fight feral hogs
Texas feral hog predictions are shocking. There could be more than 5 million feral hogs roaming Texas by next year [...]
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Workshop on water conservation incentives set for Aug. 20, Weslaco
Farmers, consultants, technicians and others involved in crop irrigation are invited to a brainstorming session to discuss generating incentives for [...]
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PETA’s recent video scores two bloopers
It’s big news when People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) releases one of their “caught on tape” videos [...]
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USDA updates ground beef tracking procedures
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) declared new procedures to speed up tracing the [...]