Dr. Jason Smith, Extension Beef Cattle Specialist with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service in Amarillo discusses opportunities to enhance the value of your calves through management and marketing.  Great discussion and questions as well ..read more

Dr. Jenna Funk is an instructor in with VERO at the Texas A&M Vet School located at WTAMU and instructs 4th year vet students.  She is a Beef Cattle Vet and certified Beef Cattle Specialist.  She recently visited with AgriLife Extension Agents Andy Hart (Hale) and Mark Carroll (Floyd) on their radio interview "The Graze".   Dr. Funk discussed calf losses to pneumonia and went into detail regarding the differences in AIP and BRD pneumonia.  She discussed the causes of death, symptoms of the problems, diagnosis, and prevention.  This is a very good discussion an ..read more

Emphasis on this podcast is on how to get your cotton crop off to a great start.  Dr. Ben McKnight visited about CWVI and seed lot quality and how that impacts stand of cotton.  He also visited with the group about seed breaks and their impact.  Dr. Suhas Vyavhare visited about seed treatments and in particular insecticide protection for thrips and wireworms.  Dr. Jourdan Bell visited about environmental influences and planter settings.  Dr. Emi Kimura discussed populations and planting dates on yield and maturity of cotton.  Great conversations and a ton of good ..read more

Dr. Peter Dotray, Professor and Extension Weed Science Specialist with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Instructor at Texas Tech University provides and in-depth discussion at a recent on-line educational meeting.  He covered early season management and challenges of resistant weeds and more.  This was an very informative and detailed presentation from one of the best and most respected weed scientist in the nation.  If interested in joining future educational programs on line please register on    ..read more

Discussion with Dr. Peter Dotray, AgriLife Agronomist and Researcher with Texas A&M AgriLife and Professor with Texas Tech University on issues related to availability of herbicides and options for 2022 growing season ..read more

Discussion between Mason Carter, Briscoe County CEA-Ag and Dr. Sonja Swiger, Extension Entomologist with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service.  Dr. Swiger discussed background, timing, control, importance of controlling external pests and research that has been conducted in these areas.   ..read more

Discussion with Dr. Tim Steffens and Marcel Fischbacher regarding drought decisions, recent rains and how that impacts long term decisions, grazing management decisions, and much more.  Keep in mind this recording was done before recent additional rainfall but the information is still timely and valuable.  This is the first of a two part discussion with Dr. Steffens regarding range management decisions.   ..read more

Dr. Morgan Treadwell, Extension Range Specialist, discusses tools to control brush and weeds in pastures and information regarding controlled burns opportunities.  Dr. Treadwell does a great job of laying out the positives and challenges of these tools. Brandon Boughen, Extension DAR Agent for the Amarillo district, discusses the new position that is engaged with the Covid 19 fight with other AgriLife employees helping with PPE's, testing, vaccines, and support for Texans.  We get into the long-range goals of this position and how it will assist local coordination, planning, educatio ..read more

Dr. Jason Smith, Extension Beef Cattle Specialist will discuss topics including; Cows Nutritional Needs, Water Quality and Availability, Compensatory Growth, Myths about overfeeding pregnant cows, and the importance of reproduction Dr. Jourdan Bell, Extension Agronomist will discuss prussic acid, latest test results, ideas and recommendation for avoiding this issue ..read more

Incredible information presented by Dr. Jourdan Bell and Dr. Kevin Heflin related to Corn and Sorghum Hybrids.  The emphasis was on the impact of production decisions on yield and selection hybrids based on these influences.  Hybrid differences, history, inputs, ear flex, and other agronomic influences were talked about in detail.  Emphasis was also placed on weed control, transpiration of the plant, water needs, soil holding capacity, optimizing your water, and irrigation strategies.  Sorghum stress benefits vs. corn, limited irrigation, diseases, maturity, growth and deve ..read more