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GRAIN SORGHUM IS SHOWING SIGNS OF MOISTURE STRESS
Grain sorghum is known as a drought-tolerant crop and that is why it is so well adapted to the local region. Grain sorghum's ability to perform under dry conditions can be attributed to the sorghum...
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If Considering Restocking - Use Caution
If you are in the cattle business and you look across your pasture and see a lot of green, in many cases that green is probably weeds, and grasses still have a way to go before they are recovered from...
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SORGHUM CROP SHOWING SEVERE DROUGHT STRESS
In the southern parts of Nueces county, and western parts of the Coastal Bend , grain sorghum is showing severe moisture stress and questions are being asked about possible options or fate...
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NEW TOOL TO BATTLE MESQUITE
Last week I participated in an educational event in the Kingsville area that focused on managing mesquite on our rangelands. A new tool, a herbicide called SenderoTM by Dow AgroSciences...
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HAIL DAMAGED COTTON WILL DELAY MATURITY
Recent storms dropped hail on some fields of cotton in the Coastal Bend. Deciding what to do with a field of cotton after a hail event is often a difficult decision yet can also be simple. Your best...
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PREPARING GRAIN SORGHUM FOR HARVEST
Dry and hot conditions have promoted early maturity of grain sorghum and as a result sorghum hybrids have accumulated enough growing degree units to reach “black layer” or physiological...
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Damaged Sorghum Heads - Stress Related
The drought of 2011 has continued into 2012 in South Texas and the lack of soil moisture along with above normal temperatures has resulted in some significant stress on some grain sorghum plants. As...
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NITRATES – A CONCERN IN DROUGHT STRESSED CROPS
Drought-stressed crops like grain sorghum and corn may result in the accumulation of nitrate at levels that are toxic to livestock. This may be amplified when high rates of nitrogen...
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COTTON HARVEST AID RESULTS
Here are the seven day ratings (TABLE 1) for the Cotton Harvest Aid Trial that was established on the Claude Otahal Farm on June 26, 2012. The cotton variety is FM 835 LLB2 and was treated at 20%open...
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COTTON CROP DISAPPOINTING
Cotton lint on soil following crop destruction from drought stressed crop in 2012. The drought of 2011 and 2012 has certainly had a major negative impact on cotton in the local area this year. Yields...
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Clump Sorghum - No Real Yield Advantage
Grain sorghum planted in clumps. There has been some recent press indicating there might be an advantage to planting grain sorghum in clumps vs. the traditional seed drop method. David Ocker agreed to...
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Workshop to Focus on Ag apps
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will conduct a workshop to train farmers and ranchers to use their iPhones and iPads to help make decisions to increase their profit margins....
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Special Soil Test Campaign Implemented
With the dry soils producers can gear up for next year's growing season by soil sampling now to determine the status of soil nutrients in their fields and pastures. A year with below normal...
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Robstown To Host Texas AgXchange
The TexasAgXchange, a Farm and Ranch Show will be held Thursday, October 4 and Friday, October 5, 2012 at the Richard M. Borchard Regional Fairgrounds, located at 1213 Terry Shamsie Blvd, just east of...
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Producing Live Oak Trees from Acorns
A Texas A&M Forest Service survey of hundreds of forested plots scattered across the state shows 301 million trees were killed as a result of the devastating 2011 drought. The figure does not...
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COOL SEASON FORAGES COULD OFFER WINTER GRAZING
Winter forages are good replacements for the hay bale! The recent rainfall has offered forage producers some alternatives if they wish to establish winter pastures. With predictions for...
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Citrus Greening - Concern for Citrus Growers
The Texas Department of Agriculture and the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) confirmed the first detection in Texas of citrus greening, in January of this year, and this is a...
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FORAGE INSURANCE A USEFUL RISK MANAGEMENT TOOL
An insurance tool that was introduced a few years ago to help manage risk associated with drought or a lack of rainfall in pastures and rangeland has the sales closing dates for the...
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STATEWIDE REFERENDUM TO ESTABLISH A GRAIN INDEMNITY FUND FOR FARMERS - VOTING...
The Texas Grain Producers Indemnity Board is holding a referendum on the statewide establishment of a grain indemnity fund. The TGPIB referendum will be held from Nov. 19, 2012, until Dec. 7, 2012...
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A TIME TO GIVE THANKS
Blackbuck Antelope on Edwards Plateau in Texas. As the northeast cleans up and assess losses in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, the unpredictability of Mother Nature is again on full display....
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