Agricultural Pest Management News from the Field
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Time sensitive information on pest management (insect, weed, disease) news is delivered weekly during the crop production season by four clusters of IPM Agents covering most of Texas. Audio is recorded on Zoom, processed, and posted within one hour on an audio service. Clients who signed up for text notification of new posts receive a text with a link to the audio file. Clients can sign up for their local news or any or all of the four distinct news alerts – they are all different. Rapid information transfer is preferred by most clients to Extension newsletters, and it gives us a way to deliver real time information. Two years of client surveys have shown this to be a very popular product. When clients sign up for text notifications they tell us whether they are a producer, crop consultant, Ag. Industry or other (including press or media), so we know in general who our audience is.
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The marketing time frame for crops can be divided into three parts (pre-harvest, harvest, and post-harvest.) This publication focuses on the more common post-harvest marketing strategies using forward contracts, storage, futures contracts, options, and various combinations of these tools. (5 pages)
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This publication is a glossary of terms used by the crop insurance industry. There are definitions for terms used in crop insurance documents and for terms pertaining to coverage levels, farming, reports, units, and parties to contracts. (8 Pages)
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Crop Revenue Coverage guarantees a stated amount of revenue based on commodity futures prices. This publication explains how CRC works and gives examples based on harvest price scenarios. (4 Pages)
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This Brush Busters publication is a guide to measuring the amount of product needed for mixing herbicides using percent and spray volume. (1 page)
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Macartney rose is an invasive species that plague livestock producers from Southeast Texas to the Middle Coastal Prairie. This Brush Busters publication offers a three-step method for the control and removal of Macartney rose. (2 pages)
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Small grains are widely grown as a cool-season forage crop for beef cattle and dairy industries in Texas. Small grains such as wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) – used for grazing – are typically planted early in fall and are therefore more vulnerable to infestation by Hessian fly (Mayetiola destructor). Although delaying planting until cooler weather […]