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LESPEDEZA – Alternative Parasite Control

2020-03-24T12:15:06-05:00

History Sericea lespedeza is an introduced perennial legume that was first recognized as a potential weed problem in southeast Kansas in the early 1980s. This plant was introduced into the United States by the USDA in 1900 for erosion control. In the 1930s it was planted on strip-mined areas in southeast Kansas, and in the ...

LESPEDEZA – Alternative Parasite Control2020-03-24T12:15:06-05:00

Extension, Edgewood ISD ‘shoe’ their generosity to Title 1 students

2019-12-15T14:37:43-06:00

Elementary, middle and high school students from Title 1 schools in the Edgewood Independent School District received an early Christmas present thank to the Prairie View A&M University Cooperative Extension Program, the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and Edgewood ISD. Fifty-six pairs of new tennis shoes, donated by AgriLife Extension, Prairie View A&M College of ...

Extension, Edgewood ISD ‘shoe’ their generosity to Title 1 students2019-12-15T14:37:43-06:00

Groundbreaking for New CAHS/COB Facility

2019-12-15T14:37:43-06:00

CAHS faculty and staff at the groundbreaking for the new CAHS/COB facility On Thursday, January 23, 2014, the College of Agriculture and Human Sciences (CAHS) and the College of Business (COB) at Prairie View A&M University held an official groundbreaking for a new facility that the two colleges will occupy in 2015. The ...

Groundbreaking for New CAHS/COB Facility2019-12-15T14:37:43-06:00

PV Livestock Club Demonstrates Outstanding Performance

2020-03-24T12:15:18-05:00

In the first time that Prairie View A&M University has competed at the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo in the Dairy Goat Competition, Prairie View's Livestock Club members Robert “Woodie” McClennon, Theo Reed and Bryce Peterson, along with advisors Scott Horner and Dwight Rhodes brought home 1 reserve champion and 3 champion ribbons.  The winning ...

PV Livestock Club Demonstrates Outstanding Performance2020-03-24T12:15:18-05:00

Odom Academy Middle School Students get a T.A.S.T.E. of Entrepreneurship

2020-04-07T13:12:14-05:00

June 6, 2013-Most students learn about horticulture and how to start a business through text books and magazine articles. However by working with T.A.S.T.E (Teaching Agricultural Sustainability Through Economics) an entrepreneurial program ran by Community and Economic Development Cooperative Extension Agents Winnefred Jackson and Lloyd Hebert), the students at Odom Academy Middle School are ...

Odom Academy Middle School Students get a T.A.S.T.E. of Entrepreneurship2020-04-07T13:12:14-05:00

4-H Youth Lab, Speak Up and Speak Out for Healthy Living

2019-12-15T14:37:43-06:00

Youth from 12 counties where Prairie View A&M University's Cooperative Extension Program in the College of Agriculture and Human Sciences provides  family and consumer sciences and 4-H and youth development programming participated in a health summit training as part of two nationally funded health initiatives focused on curbing obesity.   The focus of the health awareness ...

4-H Youth Lab, Speak Up and Speak Out for Healthy Living2019-12-15T14:37:43-06:00

Nutrition and Allergies: Keeping Bailey and Baby

2022-10-18T13:32:46-05:00

Say Hi to Bailey and Baby! I have suffered from allergies since I was an adolescent and am completely allergic to animals; especially cats even though we have had cats, dogs, rabbits, and birds in my house as far back as I can remember. I don't remember too many things helping me with my ...

Nutrition and Allergies: Keeping Bailey and Baby2022-10-18T13:32:46-05:00