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 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.
By: Tony Dean
There are a handful of grasses on North Texas grazing lands ranchers need to know, not because they are highly desirable, but rather because they are not of much value. I call them “decom” plants, which is am acronym for “Don’t Ever Count On Me.” Silver bluestem is a “decom” grass.
Silver bluestem is a perennial which grows in all areas of Texas. It can survive in almost all soil types, and in full sun conditions or in semi shade. It grows up to three feet tall and is easily recognized with the presence of the white fuzzy seed head. Also, one of the identifying characteristics of Silver bluestem is a bend in the stems at each node, causing the plants to take on a rounded shape as they mature.
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: Rayford Pullen
Fall is here which means winter is closing in on us and before we officially get into winter, we need to make sure our factories are either producing or will be producing in a few months.
We have been pregnancy testing our cows this fall and if they are not bred or nursing a calf, we are bidding them adios. With annual costs somewhere between $900.00 and $1,000.00 per cow, those cows not producing a live weaned calf are costing us quite a bit.
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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