ACU Aggie Club

08/18/2022

ACU A&E alumni should read and share. This contains an in-depth the story of the Aggie Club Outreach to Medina Children's Home that ended in multiple injuries and a fatality. God's hand and the Church was present on the remote highway, on campus, and with His people that day. God bless the A&E department and all the individuals doing God's work.
Read: https://issuu.com/abilenechristian/docs/acu_today_spring_summer_2022/26

Acu Wildcats

08/11/2022

The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will present the annual Big Country Wheat Conference on Aug. 18 in Abilene. The event will be held at the Taylor County Expo Center, 1700 Texas Highway …

08/11/2022

https://texasfarmbureau.org/texas-dove-hunting-2022-23-season-dates-announced/

The dove hunting season dates for the 2022-23 season in Texas were announced.“This year, water is going to be key. Birds are going to be a lot more concentrated and a lot easier to hunt, I think,” Owen Fitzimmons, webless migratory game bird program leader for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Depart...

04/01/2022

FYI - Currently, eligible counties in Texas include Blanco, Brooks, Brown, Coleman, Comanche, Eastland, Erath, Grayson, Hood, Mason, Potter, Randall, Runnels, Starr and Williamson. As more wildlife disaster proclamations occur, those counties will also be eligible.

Funding is available through the Environmental Quality Incentive Program, which provides financial and technical assistance to agricultural producers to address natural resource concerns and deliver environmental benefits. Professional resource conservationists with the NRCS can visit with landowners about practices such as grazing deferment, cross fencing, reseeding and water development that are effective post-fire strategies to help reduce erosion.

TEMPLE — The U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service in Texas is offering financial assistance to farmers and ranchers that have been impacted by recent wildfires, including animal

03/09/2022

https://texasfarmbureau.org/farmers-ranchers-focus-on-agricultural-safety/

Texas farmers and ranchers set their sights on ag safety throughout the year, but additional emphasis is being placed on farm safety this week, March 7-11, through the Agricultural Safety Awareness Program. U.S. Agricultural Safety and Health Centers is joining Farm Bureau in promoting ag safety thi...

03/09/2022

https://texasfarmbureau.org/texas-beef-council-annual-report-highlights-successes/

Texas Beef Council (TBC) published its 2021 annual report detailing key state and national beef checkoff program results, revenues and expenditures online at TexasBeefCheckoff.com/AnnualReport. By educating consumers, chefs, nutrition influencers and others, producer investments in the Beef Checkoff...

02/01/2022

https://agrilifetoday.tamu.edu/2022/01/31/jmg-training-to-feature-wide-array-of-speakers/

The 2022 Junior Master Gardener, JMG, National Leader Training Feb 21-23 will feature an impressive slate of speakers.

02/01/2022

https://www.cbs19.tv/article/news/community/pineywoods-agricultural-conference-is-on-feb-11-in-gilmer/501-7bcdfa15-eac8-48fe-8657-86bc7c6b893c

The Pineywoods Continuing Education Conference's topics are set to include: pests, weeds, beaver control and more.

01/21/2022

On Jan. 1, 2022, the USDA implemented a new U.S. bioengineered food disclosure standard. Shoppers are seeing labels on food products with the terms “bioengineered” or “derived from bioengineering” printed on a green seal with the sun shining down on cropland.

More than 90% of U.S.-grown corn, soybeans and sugar beets are genetically modified. This means that many processed foods containing high-fructose corn syrup, beet sugar or soy protein may fall under the new disclosure standard. Other whole foods on the USDA’s list of bioengineered foods, such as certain types of eggplant, potatoes and apples, may have to carry labels as well.

There’s a new label on many US food products – here’s what it means and who pushed to add it.

01/06/2022

Event: Only $25
The ninth annual Red River Crops Conference: Planning for Success conference designed for producers in Southwest Oklahoma and the Texas Rolling Plains is set for Jan. 19-20 in the Jackson County Expo Center, 300 S. Todd Lane, Altus, Oklahoma.

The first day of the Red River Crops Conference will highlight cotton production. (Texas A&M AgriLife photo by Laura McKenzie)
The goal of the conference is to provide agricultural producers on both sides of the Red River with relevant management information that will create and enhance the profitability of their farm and ranch enterprises, said Emi Kimura, Ph.D., Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service agronomist, Vernon.

The annual Red River Crops Conference for producers in southwest Oklahoma and the Texas Rolling Plains is set for Jan. 19-20 in Altus, Okla.

01/06/2022

The City of Lockhart recently approved incentives for local expansion by Iron Ox, a farming innovation company with deep expertise in plant science, robotics and artificial intelligence. The incentives package includes a grant for utilities construction at the company’s planned one million-square-foot facility on 85 acres on Commerce Street. The project will bring jobs, revenues and other benefits to the City.

This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220104005263/en/

https://www.bakersfield.com/ap/news/city-of-lockhart-supports-iron-ox-with-incentives-for-expansive-new-facility/article_3547fc1f-9135-5a40-86fb-77394b61f501.html

The City of Lockhart recently approved incentives for local expansion by Iron Ox, a farming innovation company with deep expertise in plant science, r