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West Texas farm and ranch conference set July 31-Aug. 1

Fri, 06/26/2020 - 9:49am

The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will be holding the West Texas Farmer and Rancher Conference from July 31-Aug. 1 in Monahans.

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Walker Crane, a member of Nithya Rajan’s team, measures nitrous oxide measurements from a young sorghum field. (Texas A&M AgriLife photo)

Texas A&M AgriLife helping set ‘gold standard’ greenhouse gas emissions measurements for Department of Energy

Fri, 06/26/2020 - 8:00am

Greenhouse gas emissions from sorghum fields in the Texas High Plains will be the focus of a

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Genetic manipulation such as that conducted by Dr. Keerti Rathore to develop the ultra low gossypol cotton will be easier to complete with new biotechnology regulations. Right top and bottom, seed and leaf show the effect of laboratory-created disruption of Cotton Gland Formation gene 3, CGF3, confirming its role in gland development, (Texas A&M AgriLife photo by Dr. Devendra Pandeya)

USDA announces new plant biotechnology regulations

Thu, 06/25/2020 - 6:12pm

New plant biotechnology regulations announced by the

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Managing rangeland in preparation for drought will be discussed online July 21. (AgriLife photo by Kay Ledbetter)

Drought management considerations webinar set July 21

Thu, 06/25/2020 - 6:02pm

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Drought emerging in parts of Texas

Thu, 06/25/2020 - 5:52pm

Despite rains in parts of Texas and more in the immediate forecast, summer 2020 looks like it will be especially dry and hot for most of the state, according to a

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