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16-05-2025
- Business
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AgriLife wheat plot tour slated for May 22 in Bushland
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and Texas A&M AgriLife Research will host a wheat field day and plot tour from 8:30 to 11 a.m. May 22 at the AgriLife Research Station, 2301 Experiment Station Road in Bushland. The event will start with a welcome from Brent Auvermann, Ph.D., director of the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center in Amarillo. It will include the introduction of new AgriLife Extension entomologist Tyler Gilreath and a tour of the station's wheat plot. The program also includes an update from the Texas Wheat Producers Board, as well as the following topics and speakers: Statewide variety testing update and emerging issues, with Brandon Gerrish, Ph.D., an AgriLife Extension statewide small grains specialist and an assistant professor at Texas A&M Department of Soil and Crop Sciences in Bryan-College Station; Texas A&M AgriLife Wheat Breeding Program update, with Jackie Rudd, Ph.D., an AgriLife Research wheat breeder and professor at the Department of Soil and Crop Sciences in Amarillo; and Emerging disease issues in wheat, with Ken Obasa, Ph.D., an AgriLife Extension pathologist and assistant professor at the Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology in Amarillo. For more information, contact Gerrish at 207-432-1481. The Dollar General Literacy Foundation announced the award of approximately $580,000 in literacy grants to Texas nonprofit organizations, libraries and schools. A comprehensive list of grant recipients may be found online at Texas recipients include $10,000 to the Catholic Charities of the Texas Panhandle in Amarillo and $10,000 to Literacy Lubbock and $3,000 to Communities In Schools of the South Plains, both in Lubbock. The Foundation also plans to launch its sixth annual The Yellow Glasses Project campaign on July 21, in which customers can purchase yellow sunglasses at Dollar General stores for $2 each to benefit the foundation. This article originally appeared on Amarillo Globe-News: Wheat plot tour slated for May 22 in Bushland by Texas A&M AgriLife
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05-05-2025
- Climate
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East Texas hay, forage conditions improve with rainfall
OVERTON, Texas (KETK)– Rainfall has helped improve hay and forage conditions in East Texas, according to the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service. Producers are optimistic about their prospective yields throughout the hay growing season. 'Currently, if anyone has already harvested or is preparing to harvest hay, it's most likely a majority volunteer annual ryegrass,' AgriLife Extension state forage specialist and professor in the Department of Soil and Crop Sciences in Overton Vanessa Corriher-Olson Ph.D. said. Prices for fertilized round bales in East Texas remain steady between $60 -$70 per bale and non-fertilized round bales are $45 per bale. 'We've had a lot of producers baling ryegrass and planting coastal Bermuda grass, which is a good thing,' AgriLife Extension Agent Truman Lamb said. 'There have been a lot of folks doing soil tests, which we have been stressing for years. As the cost of fertilizer goes up, producers can't afford to be over-applying or under-applying fertilizer.' Producers are gauging how many bales to have on hand for the winter season while further south producers are optimistic despite drying conditions. 'According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, East Texas should have good growing conditions through the end of July,' Olsen said. 'Fingers are crossed.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
