Challenges and Successes with Weed Management - Dr. Peter Dotray
AgriLife North Region Ag's Podcast
Release Date: 01/01/2024
Dr. Morgan Treadwell on growing grasses, management pastures, and controlling brush
AgriLife North Region Ag's Podcast
Impressive presentation focused on management of pastures, growing grasses, tools available, research projects, and brush management. Dr. Morgan Treadwell is a range specialist with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension and highly respected for the work she does in these areas. Thank you to Dr. Treadwell for sharing
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Insect Pests in Corn and Cotton with Dr. Kerns, Dr. Vyavhare, and Dr. Porter
AgriLife North Region Ag's Podcast
Texas A&M Entomologists Dr. David Kerns, Dr. Suhas Vyavhare, and Dr. Patrick Porter discuss some problematic corn insects (Corn Leaf Hopper, Southwestern Corn Borer) and cotton insects that need to be prepared for in the coming growing season. Thanks to these gentlemen for a excellent presentation.
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Weed Management Decisions with Dr. Peter Dotray
AgriLife North Region Ag's Podcast
Presentation from the North Region Production Risk Management Conference where Dr. Dotray discussed issues related to control and management of resistant weeds plus issues impacting producers related to pesticide use and options.
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Beef Nutrition and Supplementation Decisions with Dr. Jason Smith
AgriLife North Region Ag's Podcast
Second part of the two part series on Beef Cattle Needs and Supplementation Decisions. Dr. Jason Smith details the decisions to be made based on protein and energy needs of your cattle and available forage. Very good and timely information. I hope you enjoy
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Property Tax Facts to Know with Dr. Blake Bennett
AgriLife North Region Ag's Podcast
Outstanding discusion with Dr. Blake Bennett regarding Ag Tax Status and what you should know. I really enjoyed this presentation and know that agents get a lot of questions regarding ag exemptions or reductions. This episode will help you answer most of those quesitons and where to find answers locally. Thank you Dr. Bennett
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What about Sheep or Goats? Dr. Jake Thorn with Andy Hart and Mark Carroll
AgriLife North Region Ag's Podcast
Dr. Jake Thorn, Extension Sheep and Goat Specialist with Texas A&M AgriLife recently visited with County Extension Agents Andy Hart and Mark Carroll about the possibility of diversifying sheep or goats with cattle in the Panhandle and South Plains area of Texas. The discussed topics related to economics, grazing preference and diversity, increased numbers of sheep, types of sheep, reproduction facts, challenges, etc. Gaurding animals were a big topic of discussion in dealing with predators and these included gaurding dogs, donkeys, and Llama. Predators and parasites are...
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Cotton Harvest 2024 Recap with Dr. Ken Lege, Brant Baugh, and Caitlin Frederick
AgriLife North Region Ag's Podcast
An excellent update regarding the wrapup of the 2024 cotton harvest season. In this episode, Ken, Brant, and Caitlin got into final yields but more importantly discussion on how imputs (population, planting dates, irrigation, etc.) impacted the outcome. It was indeed a challenging year for cotton with a great start, an extremely hot finish to the summer, and a wet November. Strange year!!!
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Beef Nutrition with Dr. Jason Smith (Everything Hay and Cow Protein and Energy Requirements
AgriLife North Region Ag's Podcast
Excellent discussion and education related to Beef Nutrition. This is the first of a two part series were we talk about protein and energy needs of cows and heifers during different times of year and reproduction. We also discussed knowing your hay. This discussion included hay testing, understanding test results, sampling, important results to make decisions on supplementation, examples of hay tested after the recent wildfires, testing variations and types of hay, risk avoidance from prussic acid and nitrates in certain hay, and frost/drought issues that might impact these...
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Cotton Early Harvest Update with Catlin, Brant, and Dr. Lege
AgriLife North Region Ag's Podcast
Excellent update on early returns on yield and grade from the 2024 Cotton harvest. Outstanding discussion on what they are seeing and what to expect going forward. Excellent conversation
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Harvest Decision Budget Analyzer with Caitlin, Brant, and Dr. Andrew Wright
AgriLife North Region Ag's Podcast
The duo of Caitlin Frederick and Brant Baugh, AgriLife Extension Agents in Crosby and Lubbock Counties respectively, bring you another informative episode. Their discussion is about tools available to determine or estimate the Net Return of the current cotton crop based on your projections of costs and returns. They visit with AgriLife Extension Economist Dr. Andrew Wright on how to use the Harvest Decison Budget Analyzer to find these answers. This is very usefull and timely information. The location of this analyzer tool is at lubbock.tamu.edu. Dr. Wright also...
info_outlineManagement of weeds in the High Plains is challenging and much of the success with control is because of the tools available. Dr. Dotray discusses these options and some of the issues you might face that can contribute to the challenges and some of the management decisions that can help deal with these challenges.