Farm & Ranch
AgriLife Today goes daily with news from Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, Research
By: Kathleen Phillips
Contact: Kathleen Phillips, 979-845-2872, [email protected]
COLLEGE STATION — AgriLife Today, the news outlet for Texas A&M AgriLife, has become a daily distribution to better serve the public with news about the state agencies it covers.
The news organization previously distributed information about the AgriLife entities throughout Texas each weekday. Because of AgriLife’s far-reaching involvement in all 254 Texas counties, information is generated at a level that necessitates daily coverage, according to Kathleen Phillips, AgriLife Today news manager, College Station.
“With news specialists located in Amarillo, San Angelo, San Antonio, Weslaco, Overton and College Station, we stay on top of events and information for Texas A&M AgriLife Research and the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service,” she said. “Our goal is to keep the public informed about the scientific facts and educational information available from these agencies.”
News has been provided by these agencies for decades as a public service and was originally targeted for newspapers, radio and television. While general and specialty media still are the primary targets for news generated by AgriLife Today, the service has been recognized as an independent, unbiased news provider by individuals as well as major search engines, Phillips said.
“Our news content and distribution has doubled over the years from about 500 stories a year to almost 1,000,” she said. “We also provide news via social outlets such as Facebook, YouTube and Twitter. This, in turn, has gained recognition for the news team’s ability to cover events and issues on a daily basis, so we determined that weekend news also is important to provide.”
AgriLife Today started providing news via the Web in August 1993 and has produced almost 11,800 news articles on the site since then, many of which now are shared to the AgriLife Today Facebook site. The news team began offering news videos in 2001 and opened an AgriLife Today YouTube channel in 2010, which now has more than 500 videos currently available. Additionally, more than 5,100 high resolution stock photographs by the news team are accessible on the AgriLife Today Flickr page.
Media outlets and individuals are allowed to subscribe at http://today.agrilife.org/ to receive email updates or follow any of these sites free of charge for a steady flow of all the news reported from around the state, Phillips said. Media outlets are allowed to use the news stories, videos and photos free of charge — in full or in part as background for developing local stories.
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By Heather Welper
Husband and wife duo, Heather and Calvin Welper, are the Co-Owners and Operators or Two C Livestock, located in Valley View, Texas.
The pair’s operation has a show cattle focus where they raise and sell purebred heifers of all breeds and club calf Hereford steers.
When it comes to show cattle, the Welpers know a thing or two including how to prepare for the cold winter months and the Texas major show season run.
To read more, pick up a copy of the November edition of North Texas Farm & Ranch magazine, available digitally and in print. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.
By Hannah Claxton, Editor
As the sun rises each day, so do the dozens of mouths that Meghan McGovern is responsible for getting fed. Rather than the sounds of a rooster crowing, McGovern hears the bellows and bleats of a variety of exotic deer, the chortle of kangaroos, the grunts of water buffaloes, and the chirps of a lemur.
Nestled against the banks of the Red River, the Double M Ranch and Rescue, with its high game fences and deer sprinkling the landscape,s its in stark contrast to the surrounding ranches.
“Having deer is kind of like eating potato chips- you can never actually have just one,” said McGovern with a laugh.
McGovern has several herds to take care of- fallow deer, axis deer, water buffalo, goats, and bison. In smaller numbers, there’s also a few kangaroos, a lemur, a potbelly pig, a pair of zebras, a watusi, and a few horses.
To read more, pick up a copy of the November edition of North Texas Farm & Ranch magazine, available digitally and in print. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.
By Barry Whitworth, DVM, MPH
With the prolonged drought, most pastures in Oklahoma end up in poor condition. With the lack of available forage, animals may go in search of alternative foods.
If oak trees are in the pastures, acorns may be a favorite meal for some livestock in the fall. This may result in oak poisoning.
Oak leaves, twigs, buds, and acorns may be toxic to some animals when consumed.
To read more, pick up a copy of the November edition of North Texas Farm & Ranch magazine, available digitally and in print. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.
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