Alternative Crops for Texas Farmers
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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Category: Agriculture
Texas Launches Free Online New World Screwworm Inspector Training
Texas has launched a free online training course to help expand certified New World screwworm inspectors statewide.
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Texas Wine Grapes Are Headed to Space
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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Pest Populations Climb Across Texas
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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Poison Hemlock: How To Identify And Avoid This Deadly Plant
Poison hemlock is a highly toxic invasive plant that can seriously harm Texas livestock, people and hay producers.
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