Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service Wichita County

10/23/2026

Mark your calendars! More information will be coming soon for our annual Applicator CEU Training.

10/23/2026

Join us for the Ranchers Leasing Workshop on December 8 in Bryan, TX. This hands-on program provides practical tools and guidance to help ranchers navigate lease agreements and protect their operations. Register here: tx.ag/OYPT26RLW

10/23/2026

📢New Publication Alert: Rangelands as Adaptation Reserves, Not Carbon Units

Rangelands are complex, variable systems, and that variability may be one of their greatest strengths.

A new publication challenges the idea of managing rangelands primarily around standardized carbon outcomes. Instead, the authors propose viewing rangelands as“adaptation reserves,” where landscape diversity, flexible management, interacting disturbances, and collaborative networks help maintain the capacity to respond as conditions change.

For landowners and natural resource professionals, the publication offers a thought-provoking perspective on grazing management, soil carbon, resilience, and the future of working lands.

📖 Read the new publication - Link in the comments below! 👇
Rangelands as Adaptation Reserves, Not Carbon Units

📬 Follow and subscribe to West Texas Rangelands for more research and science-based resources for Texas working lands.

10/23/2026

10/23/2026

10/23/2026

Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc. highlighted our Texas A&M Entomology experts' research-based tips and tricks to help growers stay prepared against Short-spined thrips.

Read more about what you can do to prevent the spread of this invasive insect 🔗 https://bit.ly/4yn6rAe

10/23/2026

Pinterest says persimmon is the color of the year... Folklore says its seeds predict winter... We say it’s a Texas Superstar! 🌟🧡🤩

Meet the low-maintenance fruit tree that does it all 🔗 tx.ag/PersimmonSuperstar

Texas A&M University Department of Horticultural Sciences

10/23/2026

Early October storms left water standing in fields across parts of the state, and a historically strong El Niño could bring even more relief to dry Texas soils this fall and winter.

Dr. Ronnie Schnell, AgriLife Extension state cropping systems specialist in the Texas A&M University Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, breaks down what it could mean for producers in this week’s Texas Crop and Weather Report: tx.ag/CW102126

10/23/2026

New World screwworm has been detected in a hunter-harvested elk in Pecos County

New World screwworm is a devastating pest that can kill infected animals.

Hunters, please inspect your harvest for maggots or a rotted flesh odor.

DETAILS below 👇