AgriLife Today
- Texas A&M Institute of Renewable Natural Resources wins 2012 Superior Service AwardMay 16

COLLEGE STATION — The Texas A&M Institute of Renewable Natural Resources recently received the Texas AgriLife Extension Service’s 2012 Superior Service Award in the team category for its Military Sustainability Program. Team members are Brian Hays, AgriLife Extension program specialist; Roel Lopez, the institute’s associate director; and Todd Snelgrove, AgriLife Extension program specialist; Bill Ross, [...]
- Meeting to address water quality in Copano Bay watershedMay 16

Writer: Rod Santa Ana, 956-968-5581, r-santaana@tamu.edu Contacts: Allen Berthold, 979-845-2028, taberthold@ag.tamu.edu Kevin Wagner, 979-845-2649, klwagner@ag.tamu.edu REFUGIO – Residents in the Copano Bay watershed area will have an opportunity to discuss the next steps in the process to improve watershed quality at a meeting May 30. The meeting will be held 5:30-7:15 p.m. at the Refugio [...]
- Texas crop, weather for May 15, 2012May 15

Rains jump-start cotton planting, but deep subsoil moisture critical in some areas COLLEGE STATION – The forecast for Texas cotton remains mixed, depending upon which part of the state you’re talking about, said Dr. Gaylon Morgan, associate professor and Texas AgriLife Extension Service state cotton specialist, College Station. On May 15, Morgan had recently returned [...]
- Third annual Hill Country Vineyard Field Day to be May 23 in HyeMay 15

HYE – The third annual Hill Country Vineyard Field Day, presented by the Texas AgriLife Extension Service, will be held May 23 at the William Chris Vineyard. The vineyard is located at 10352 U.S. Highway 290 in Hye. “This event is planned for commercial wine-grape growers, wine makers and those interested in the wine industry,” [...]
- AgriLife Extension specialist: Weed resistance could call for a more diversified herbicide planMay 15

COLLEGE STATION – Producers who rely on glyphosate-tolerant or “Roundup-resistant” crops probably should be expanding their weed-control toolbox, said Dr. Paul Baumann, Texas AgriLife Extension Service state weed specialist. “We have a critical issue arising, in that common water hemp in Central and Southeast Texas and Palmer amaranth pigweed in the High Plains have started [...]
- Texas A&M Institute of Renewable Natural Resources wins 2012 Superior Service Award