AgriLife Today Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-77-5608, skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu Contacts: Dr. Curtis Adams, 940-552-9941, Curtis.adams@ag.tamu.edu Dr. Calvin Trostle, 806-746-6101, ctrostle@ag.tamu.edu VERNON – A team of scientists from Texas A&M AgriLife and the University of Florida are working to increase and stabilize guar production in the … Continued
The wheat genome sequence will bring stronger wheat varieties to farmers Contacts: Marsha Boswell, mboswell@kswheat.com Haley Ahlers, hahlers@ksu.edu, Project Manager, Innovation Lab for Applied Wheat Genomics, Wheat Genetics Resource Center, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506, 785.532.2366 Kansas State University scientists, in collaboration with the International Wheat Genome Sequencing … Continued
New tools added: from mobile-friendly service center locator to soil health webpage to an online playbook. Southwest Farm Press Agricultural producers have new resources available to them to prepare for and recover from impacts of natural disasters on the U.S. … Continued
AgriLife Today Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu Contacts: Dr. Emi Kimura, 940-552-9941 ext. 233, emi.kimura@ag.tamu.edu Dr. Paul DeLaune, 940-552-9941, pbdelaune@ag.tamu.edu VERNON – The Rolling Plains field tour, Practices to Improve Soil Health and Soil/Water Conservation, will be hosted Aug. 29 by Texas A&M … Continued
By Jimmie Musick, President, National Association of Wheat Growers, Capital Press There’s a reason it’s called a trade war. There are casualties. The first of victims on this battlefield are American farmers. Like any battle, the element of surprise can … Continued
By Jimmie Musick, President, National Association of Wheat Growers, Capital Press There’s a reason it’s called a trade war. There are casualties. The first of victims on this battlefield are American farmers. Like any battle, the element of surprise can … Continued
National Association of Wheat Growers Contact: Caitlin Eannello, Director of Communications, National Association of Wheat Growers (240) 423-4345, ceannello@wheatworld.org Washington, D.C. (August 01, 2018) – The House and Senate have officially announced their respective conferees for the 2018 Farm Bill. … Continued
AgriLife Today Writer: Steve Byrns, 325-653-4576, s-byrns@tamu.edu Contact: Steve Estes, 325-823-2432, http://jones.agrilife.org ABILENE – A mix of topical but varied presentations geared toward wheat economics best describes the upcoming Big Country Wheat Conference hosted Aug. 23 by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service … Continued
By U.S. Wheat Associates and National Association of Wheat Growers Contact: Caitlin Eannello, Director of Communications, National Association of Wheat Growers, (240) 423-4345, ceannello@wheatworld.org Steve Mercer, Vice President of Communications, U.S. Wheat Associates, (703) 650-0251, smercer@uswheat.org Washington, D.C. — The Trump Administration … Continued
By Kay Ledbetter, Agrilife Today Contact: Scott Strawn, 806-435-4501, sstrawn@ad.tamu.edu PERRYTON – The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will host the 20th annual Wheatheart Wheat Conference at 8:30 a.m. Aug. 9 at the Ochiltree County Expo Center, 402 Expo Drive in Perryton, … Continued