Region 10: Southeast

July 19 2007
Can Artichokes Bring New Heart to Texas Agriculture? 
UVALDE – U.S. Department of Agriculture figures show that California produces almost all of the nation's commercial artichokes. But a team of agricultural researchers is working to change that, said Dr. Daniel Leskovar, a vegetable physiologist with Texas Agricultural Experiment Station.

July 13 2007
Mirkov Rewarded For Patented Sugarcane Research 
WESLACO -- A scientist in South Texas has earned a string of awards recently for developing patented methods designed to greatly expand where sugarcane can be grown -- and what it produces.

February 09, 2007
Topping Trees Can Be Deadly 
WESLACO – Paul Johnson goes through a range of emotions when he sees trees being topped: anger, disgust, sorrow, frustration and worse. That's why he, as an urban forester with the Texas Forest Service in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, is spreading the word that topping does serious damage to trees, their value and the value of the entire urban forest.

February 07, 2007
Sugar Land Teen Honored With Named Texas A&M Scholarship 
HOUSTON – A Houston business owner and 1983 Texas A&M University graduate has donated $25,000 to the Texas A&M Foundation to establish a memorial scholarship in honor of Ashton Glover, said Jody Ford, the Foundation's assistant director of development for agriculture.

January 26, 2007
Horticultural Society Reaches Out to Students, Other Disciplines 
WESLACO - For the first time in its 61-year history, the annual meeting of the Rio Grande Valley Horticultural Society will be held outside Weslaco. Organizers say the event will be held Jan. 30 at the University of Texas-Pan American campus in Edinburg in an attempt to include more students and broaden its professional scope.

January 19, 2007
Cold Weather Helping Valley Ag Producers 
WESLACO -- The recent cold blast responsible for so much chaos throughout the state may have helped agricultural producers in the Lower Rio Grande Valley.

November 02, 2006
Extension Offers Reduced-Cost Soil Test for 8 Greater Houston Counties 
HOUSTON — Texas Cooperative Extension kicked off the Southeast Texas Soil Sample Testing Campaign this month in Hardin, Harris, Jefferson, Liberty, Orange, Montgomery, Polk and San Jacinto counties.

February 23, 2006
Asian Soybean Rust Confirmed in Weslaco 
WESLACO – Asian soybean rust- a potentially serious fungus of soybean crops- has now been found in an area of Texas where prevailing winds could help spread the disease.

February 13, 2006
Bertha Garza Retires After Long Extension Career 
WESLACO – After a 36-year career with Texas Cooperative Extension, Bertha Garza thought she'd quietly "sneak out the back door" into retirement.

July 15, 2005
Rain-Wary Growers Invited to Cotton Field Day 
WESLACO – Lower Rio Grande Valley cotton growers are invited to attend Texas Cooperative Extension's cotton field day at 6 p.m. July 20 at the Hiler Annex Farm, north of Weslaco.

July 12, 2005
Texas Crop and Weather Report 
COLLEGE STATION- Round bale, square bale or no bale, limited moisture has caused the state's hay fields to produce less-than-normal harvests, Texas Cooperative Extension reports.

July 12, 2005
Texas Cooperative Extension to Train ‘Tomorrow’s Top Agricultural Producers’ 
SAN ANGELO – Texas Cooperative Extension will lead the team training and mentoring agricultural producers through the Tomorrow's Top Agricultural Producer program.

July 08, 2005
58th Annual Rice Field Day Focuses on Water Issues and International Trade 
BEAUMONT -- The 58th Annual Rice Field Day will begin at 8 a.m., July 14, at the Texas A&M Research and Extension Center in Beaumont. Scientists from Texas A&M University and the U.S. Department of Agriculture will be on hand to discuss the newest developments in production technology. The field day is free and open to the public.