Four tips to prevent and remove grass stickers - AgriLife Today
WEBAug 13, 2024 — Tip 1: Understand your location’s needs. Sandburs are nasty little weed seed pods. Ridding your lawn of them takes some time and effort, but it can save you and your household some real pain. (Michael Miller/Texas A&M AgriLife) Your location determines how to control sandburs. Boeri warns that Texas’ wide range of climates makes it ...
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Comprehensive report on U.S. cattle market published - AgriLife …
WEBOct 4, 2021 — The 180-plus page book, titled “The U.S. Beef Supply Chain: Issues and Challenges” can be viewed on the AFPC website at https://afpc.tamu.edu. It is the result of proceedings from an AFPC-hosted workshop on cattle markets held June 3-4 in Kansas City, Missouri. The book puts into context a variety of disruptions in the cattle market ...
When stocking ponds with fish, stick to the process
WEBApr 8, 2020 — Springtime is the right time to begin the process of stocking new ponds with fish, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert.. Todd Sink, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension aquaculture specialist, College Station, said many landowners believe simply adding fish to a pond will result in a healthy and sustainable fish population. But a planned approach, starting with creating a good ...
AgriLife Expert: Gopher control tricky, worth effort
WEBApril 2, 2018 - by Adam Russell. Writer: Adam Russell, 903-834-6191, [email protected]. Contact: Dr. Vanessa Corriher-Olson, 903-834-6191, [email protected]. OVERTON – Gophers can be a nuisance to hay and livestock producers, and springtime is a good time to address them, said a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert.
Optimizing genetics to advance controlled environment agriculture
WEBMay 23, 2024 — Krishna Bhattarai, Ph.D., Texas A&M AgriLife Research plant breeder for controlled environment horticulture and assistant professor, has joined the Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Department of Horticultural Sciences.His research uses genetics and genomics to develop new horticulture crop cultivars specifically for controlled environment production.
Computer-based model could mitigate cattle fever tick outbreaks
WEBAug 14, 2024 — Now, a team of Texas A&M AgriLife researchers is assimilating this information into an interactive, computer-based tool to identify ever-changing risks to prevent or mitigate cattle fever tick infestations. The three-year project, Agricultural Biosecurity: Harnessing Data Fusion to Meet Emerging Challenges to Cattle Fever Tick Eradication in a ...
Beef and cattle prices are on the rise - AgriLife Today
WEBApr 13, 2021 — Seasonal price increases this time of year usually are around $6 per hundredweight on a five-year average, but surging demand has created a greater-than-seasonal increase and could drive prices higher, he said. Choice beef cutout was at $272 per hundredweight on April 9, up $20 per hundredweight from the …
How to feed a hummingbird - AgriLife Today
WEBAug 5, 2024 — Hummingbird feeder recipe. Homemade nectar can be made from four parts boiled water to one part white, granulated table sugar. Once the mixture cools, it can be poured into the feeder. If you want to make larger batches, they will keep for one to two weeks in a refrigerator. Although hummingbirds are …
Cow-calf producers weigh options for herd replacements
WEBAug 14, 2024 — One key part of the equation for rebuilding the herd is selecting replacement females – and there are about 16 options ranchers could make, said Ron Gill, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension beef cattle specialist and professor in the Department of Animal Science, Stephenville. Ron Gill, Ph.D., professor in the Department of …