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New report addresses status of working lands

January 21, 2020

Source: AgriLife Today

The new Texas Land Trends report “Status Update and Trends of Texas Working Lands 1997–2017,” produced by the Texas A&M Natural Resources Institute, NRI, has been published. Land-trends reports have informed private and public landowners and decision-makers for more than two decades.

Population Growth

Texas contains seven of the top 15 most rapidly growing cities in the nation. From 1997 to 2017, the Texas population increased 48% from 19 million to 29 million residents or nearly 470,000 new residents annually. Eighty-six percent of the population increase occurred within the state’s top 25 highest growth counties.

Momentum growing to add value to dairy calves with beef sires

January 7, 2020

Source: AgriLife Today

Interest in the use of beef sires on dairy cows to increase calf value is rapidly gaining momentum across the dairy industry, according to two Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service specialists.

Jason Smith, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension beef cattle specialist, Amarillo, covered the topic at Southwest Dairy Day in Snyder.

58th Blackland Income Growth Conference scheduled Jan. 14 in Waco

December 18, 2019

Source: AgriLife Today

The Blackland region’s most comprehensive agricultural and food production conference is scheduled for Jan. 14 at the Waco Convention Center, 100 Washington Ave. The event is sponsored by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and Waco Chamber of Commerce.

This 58th Blackland Income Growth Conference will feature keynote speaker Jeff Hyde, Ph.D., director of AgriLife Extension. Hyde became agency director Sept. 1 and previously served as associate dean and director of Penn State Extension.