August 2003 AgNews Links

August 29, 2003
Scholarship Honors Texas A&M Rodeo Legend  
ABILENE -- Judy Gully becomes Texas Cooperative Extension's family and consumer sciences agent for Taylor County effective Sept. 1.

August 29, 2003
Avant Bequest To Fund Scholarships For Future  
ABILENE -- Judy Gully becomes Texas Cooperative Extension's family and consumer sciences agent for Taylor County effective Sept. 1.

August 29, 2003
New Agent Named For Taylor County Extension Slot  
ABILENE -- Judy Gully becomes Texas Cooperative Extension's family and consumer sciences agent for Taylor County effective Sept. 1.

August 28, 2003
You’re Never Too Young To Start Saving Habit  
COLLEGE STATION – Saving money is a life-long habit, and one usually picked up at first within families. Even children as young as 3 or 4 years old can be taught to put coins into a piggy bank, said Dr. Joyce Cavanagh, Texas Cooperative Extension family economics specialist.

August 27, 2003
Sonora Ram Test Starts Sept. 15-16  
SONORA – The annual ram performance test conducted by the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station begins Sept. 15-16 with delivery of rams to the station located on Highway 55 between Sonora and Rocksprings. Strong entries are expected this year because last year's sale had higher prices than recent years.

August 26, 2003
Texas Crop, Weather Report  
COLLEGE STATION – Despite fewer acres, peanut production in Texas will have higher-than-average yields, Texas Cooperative Extension reports.

August 26, 2003
Food Crops Symposium Set For Texas Growers, Related Industry  
COLLEGE STATION – Food in Texas. People connected to any phase of that industry - from growers to shippers to processors - are encouraged to attend the third annual Advanced Horticulture Food Crops Symposium here.

August 25, 2003
Audience Pick: Older Violin, Sweeter Music?  
COLLEGE STATION - Call it a reality concert.

August 25, 2003
Older Drivers: Keep Safety First  
AMARILLO – Nothing like the freedom of the open road ... seeing what's on the other side of the hill has always been part of American freedom. But when seeing what's on the other side of the hill involves large vehicles traveling at 70 miles per hour, safety must be factored in – especially when drivers get older.

August 25, 2003
Extension Agent Robert Devin Set to Retire Aug. 31 
CANYON -- Robert Devin, agricultural agent in Randall County, will be setting a new course after Aug. 31, after more than 32 years of service with Texas Cooperative Extension.

August 22, 2003
Knutson Recognized For Public Policy Education Contributions  
DALLAS -- Last year's Walk Across Texas issued the challenge: "Could you walk 800 miles across Texas?" and hundreds of people did just that. Now it's time for the second annual Walk Across Texas program to kick-off around the metroplex on Sept. 7.

August 22, 2003
Second Annual Walk Across Texas Kicks Off Sept. 7 In Dallas-Fort Worth  
DALLAS -- Last year's Walk Across Texas issued the challenge: "Could you walk 800 miles across Texas?" and hundreds of people did just that. Now it's time for the second annual Walk Across Texas program to kick-off around the metroplex on Sept. 7.

August 21, 2003
Joutlaw  
COLLEGE STATION – A majority of U.S. cotton and rice farms included in a recent study would face significant financial hardships under a more restrictive farm payment program.

August 21, 2003
Extension Agent Cheryl Brewer to Retire Aug. 31 
AMARILLO -- Cheryl Brewer, family and consumer sciences agent with Texas Cooperative Extension in Potter County will be retiring Aug. 31, after more than 28 years of service as an employee of the Texas A&M University System.

August 20, 2003
College Savings Plans Have Changed  
COLLEGE STATION – A lot of changes have come out of this year's session of the Texas Legislature, and that includes possible changes as to how Texans save for their children's higher educations.

August 19, 2003
Texas Crop, Weather Report  
COLLEGE STATION – Texas sunflower crops are handling the heat better than other crops in North Texas, Texas Cooperative Extension reports.

August 19, 2003
Upshaw Retires After 28 Years Of Extension Work  
DALLAS -- Randy Upshaw, long-time district Extension director at the Texas A&M University System Agricultural Research and Extension Center in Dallas, will retire Aug. 31. Upshaw will be honored with a luncheon on Aug. 28 at the center.

August 18, 2003
Texas Ag Experiment Station Develops Two Healthier Peanuts  
COLLEGE STATION – A Texas Agricultural Experiment Station entomologist is warning all Texans the threat of mosquito-borne diseases may be just beginning for humans this year.

August 18, 2003
Agreement On Subsidy Reduction Strengthens Wto Negotiations  
COLLEGE STATION – A Texas Agricultural Experiment Station entomologist is warning all Texans the threat of mosquito-borne diseases may be just beginning for humans this year.

August 18, 2003
West Nile Threat Not Over Yet  
COLLEGE STATION – A Texas Agricultural Experiment Station entomologist is warning all Texans the threat of mosquito-borne diseases may be just beginning for humans this year.

August 15, 2003
Filter Strip Incorporation Prevents Atrazine Runoff  
TEMPLE - Using grass filter strips can significantly reduce the amount of herbicide runoff associated with crops near adjacent lakes, rivers or streams.

August 14, 2003
Ozone From Pine Trees? Urban Myth, Says Forestry Specialist  
OVERTON – Every year about this time, as ozone levels rise, someone, usually a major polluter, tries to make East Texas' pine tree forests the scapegoat.

August 13, 2003
USDA Grant To Help Train College Lab Students 
WESLACO - Twenty-six undergraduate biology students at the University of Texas-Pan American in Edinburg will soon have the unique opportunity of learning how to work in high-tech scientific laboratories.

August 12, 2003
Eugster Receives Aware At AVMA Convention  
DENVER - Dr. Konrad Eugster, former vice chancellor of agriculture at Texas A&M University in College Station, received two awards at the annual American Veterinary Medical Association meeting July 19 in Denver.

August 11, 2003
San Angelo Center Sets 30th Annual Sheep And Goat Field Day Sept. 4  
SAN ANGELO – Super juniper-eating goats and range ripping are only two of many topics slated for this year's 30th Annual Sheep and Goat Field Day Sept. 4 at the Texas A&M University System Agricultural Research and Extension Center.

August 11, 2003
Centipedes: Moving On Up To The Inside  
COLLEGE STATION--Summer's rising temperatures make most people yearn for cooler climates and changing scenery. Centipedes, too, feel that urge, so they pack their bags and move out -- and in -- with people.

August 08, 2003
Interim Deputy Director Of Experiment Station Appointed  
COLLEGE STATION - Dr. Robert E. Whitson, head of the department of rangeland ecology and management at Texas A&M University for the last 10 years, has been named the interim deputy director of the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station.

August 08, 2003
Small Grains Research Workshop Meets In Amarillo Aug. 21  
AMARILLO -- Putting research itself under the microscope is basically what a group of Texas scientists, specialists and industry leaders focused on small grains will be doing Aug. 21 in Amarillo.

August 08, 2003
Keep Safety First When Carpooling Kids  
COLLEGE STATION – Sometimes it feels like we live in our cars. Everybody's got to be somewhere – work, school, day care, soccer practice, band camp, scout meetings, football practice, dance class ... the list goes on and on. When the going gets too tough, the answer may be a car pool.

August 07, 2003
Grain Sorghum Requires Season-Long Management  
LUBBOCK -- Grain sorghum was the catch crop of choice for many South Plains farmers who had to replant failed cotton acres this year, noted a Texas Cooperative Extension agronomist.

August 06, 2003
Extension’s 4-H Swine Master Volunteer Training Aug. 15-17  
ABILENE – Texas Cooperative Extension is offering its fourth annual 4-H Swine Master Volunteer training workshop Aug.15-17 at the Extension office and Expo Center in Taylor County. The Extension office, which is adjacent to the Expo Center, is at 1982 Lytle Way.

August 06, 2003
Discovery May Help In War Against Fire Ants  
COLLEGE STATION – A parasite masquerading as its host to avoid detection may sound pretty unfair. But then again, all's fair in love and war – at least in the war against red imported fire ants.

August 05, 2003
Texas Crop, Weather Report  
COLLEGE STATION – While some areas of Texas recently received a surplus of rain, other areas got none, Texas Cooperative Extension reports.

August 05, 2003
Animal Identification, Security Discussed At Beef Cattle Short Course  
COLLEGE STATION – A standing-room-only crowd of cattle producers attending the 2003 Beef Cattle Short Course at Texas A&M University on Monday received a first-hand look at methods that could be used to create a national beef cattle identification system.

August 05, 2003
Rising Temperatures Draws Out Cicada Killers, Cicadas  
COLLEGE STATION – Summer's hot weather is stirring up two irritating insects -- cicada killers and their noisy prey, cicadas.

August 05, 2003
Beef Cattle Short Course Dedicated To Frank Litterst  
COLLEGE STATION – The 2003 Beef Cattle Short Course at Texas A&M University on was dedicated to Frank C. Litterst Jr. of College Station on Aug. 4.

August 04, 2003
Protect Children: Prevent Bullying  
COLLEGE STATION – Remember in the elementary school years, when every class had at least one bully and at least one victim of that bully? Remember how painful and frightening that was, even for students who were not directly involved? Remember how hard – or impossible – it was to tell adults about it?

August 04, 2003
Silage, Grazing Hybrids To Be Showcased At Aug. 26 Field Day  
AMARILLO -- Area ranchers and farmers interested in sorghum and sudan grass grazing and silage hybrids should attend a morning field day on Aug. 26.

August 01, 2003
South Plains Farmers Should Not Delay Grain Sorghum Irrigation  
LUBBOCK – Once again, it's a scorcher on the Texas South Plains. High temperatures have consistently reached 100-plus degrees for several days. As a result, young grain sorghum crops are in desperate need of a good drink of water.