The Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association is launching weekly informational calls to help livestock producers stay informed about the threat of New World screwworm and efforts to prevent its spread into Texas.
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Texas farmers are increasingly turning to alternative crops such as sunflowers, guar, sesame, forage crops, and alfalfa to diversify operations and manage weather and market challenges.
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Texas has launched a free online training course to help expand certified New World screwworm inspectors statewide.
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Texas A&M researchers are sending grape seeds to the International Space Station to study how cosmic radiation affects plant growth and potentially create the first wine made from grapes grown from space-traveled seeds.
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Texas producers are being urged to monitor pastures and crops as insect pest populations surge following a warm, wet spring, with pasture mealybugs emerging as a major threat to forage grasses.
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