Report by Rob Williams for Texas A&M AgriLife
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will host a two-day, multi-state agriculture tour of ranches Sept. 9-10. The event is a cooperative effort by the AgriLife Extension offices in Moore, Hutchinson, Gray, Lipscomb, Hemphill, Ochiltree, Roberts and Wheeler counties.
REPORT BY LAURA MUNTEAN & KAY LEDBETTER, Texas A&M AgriLife
PHOTOS BY SAM CRAFT, Texas A&M AgriLife
Generosity from across the nation filled four Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service Animal Supply Points since Feb. 28 in the wake of the Smokehouse Creek, Windy Deuce and Grapevine Creek wildfires, which burned over 1.2 million acres to become the largest wildfire in Texas history.
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will present the “Predictions for 2024 Texas Livestock Markets” webinar on Feb. 1 from noon to 1 pm. The webinar will focus on state and national trends for cattle, sheep and goat markets.
The webinar is part of an ongoing Department of Rangeland, Wildlife and Fisheries Management, RWFM, Stewardship Series. Cost is $35, and advance registration is required at https://tx.ag/LivestockMarkets.
Timely rainfall in some areas has been highly beneficial for the fall wheat crop, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert.
The 2024 fall wheat crop is expected to produce better yields as we enter the El Niño weather events. (Texas A&M AgriLife photo by Laura McKenzie)
Andy Holloway, County Extension Agent ANR, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Hemphill County, has received the Achievement Award from the National Association of County Agriculture Agents. He accepted the award during the 2023 Annual Meeting and Professional Improvement Conference in Des Moines, Iowa.
