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Six Steps to Easy Gardening from a Container

2019-12-15T14:37:07-06:00

Container Gardening is a delightful way to grow healthy and delicious vegetables for individuals and families who have a limited amount of space.  Growing vegetables in a pot or a container is not only fun, but it's an easy way to introduce children to gardening as well as beginners. Even better, nearly anything that grows ...

Six Steps to Easy Gardening from a Container2019-12-15T14:37:07-06:00

CEP Empowers Minority Farmers with Microloan Program in Houston County

2019-12-15T14:37:08-06:00

The Prairie View A&M Cooperative Extension Program empowers minority agriculture farmers to produce sustainable products utilizing Extension educational programs in the areas of Beef & Forage, vegetable production, fruit production, and all measures of the United States Department of Agriculture. In 2013, USDA established a microloan program to help smaller, non-traditional producers finance farm operations. ...

CEP Empowers Minority Farmers with Microloan Program in Houston County2019-12-15T14:37:08-06:00

AGNR Story

2019-12-15T14:37:10-06:00

I am glad to showcase the Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show Open Commercial & Purebred Female Pen Show that is open to both adult and youth cattle breeders throughout the South Texas region. What started as a vision by attending the 2004 San Antonio Livestock Show and learning about their successful event was how we ...

AGNR Story2019-12-15T14:37:10-06:00

Controlling Feral Swine in Fort Bend County

2019-12-15T14:37:10-06:00

Fort Bend County feral swine damage is an ongoing and increasing issue among our producers, and landowners. Thousands of undeveloped acreage in the county is allowing feral hogs to reproduce at an uncontrollable rate. Feral swine are causing thousands of dollars in damage to landscaping, vegetable and fruit crops, underground irrigation systems, and spreading bacteria ...

Controlling Feral Swine in Fort Bend County2019-12-15T14:37:10-06:00

Integrated Parasite Management Workshop

2019-12-15T14:37:11-06:00

The Cooperative Extension Program (AGNR) and the Cooperative Agriculture Research Center (CARC) hosted the second workshop in the Small Ruminant Workshop Series on Saturday, November 18th from 8:30 am - 4:00 pm. The morning session held in the Carden-Waller Cooperative Extension Building and the afternoon session held at Governor Bill and Vara Daniel Farm on ...

Integrated Parasite Management Workshop2019-12-15T14:37:11-06:00

2017 Annual Emergency Management Summit

2019-12-15T14:37:11-06:00

The Emergency Management Summit, anticipated every year around September, is a one-day workshop that provides a forum for local and regional executives to share strategies and to coordinate plans for emergency preparedness and response. This year, the Summit highlighted the (MGT-312) Senior Officials Workshop for All-Hazards Emergency Preparedness and provided an opportunity to discuss strategic ...

2017 Annual Emergency Management Summit2019-12-15T14:37:11-06:00

Cooperative Extension Program & Cooperative Agricultural Research Center Launch Small Ruminant Workshop Series

2023-03-08T14:13:41-06:00

The Artificial Insemination (AI) Workshop held on September 21st was the first in the series of Small Ruminant workshops recently launched by the Cooperative Extension Program (CEP) & Cooperative Agricultural Research Center (CARC). Ten persons, the maximum number allowed, attended the workshop. Following the welcome by Dr. Ali Fares, Associate Director of Research and ...

Cooperative Extension Program & Cooperative Agricultural Research Center Launch Small Ruminant Workshop Series2023-03-08T14:13:41-06:00

Landowners Attend Land Loss Prevention Workshop

2019-12-15T14:37:16-06:00

Forty-two landowners and persons interested in wealth creation through land ownership were onsite to attend the Land Loss Prevention Workshop held on September 11, 2017 at the Crockett Civic Center in Crockett, Texas. The one-and-a-half day workshop, hosted by the Cooperative Extension Program (CEP)-AgNR and supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. ...

Landowners Attend Land Loss Prevention Workshop2019-12-15T14:37:16-06:00

CAHS Hosts High Tunnel Workshop

2019-12-15T14:37:16-06:00

The Cooperative Extension Program (CEP)-AgNR recently hosted Extending Your Growing Season: Crop Production in High Tunnel, a workshop focused on fall vegetable production in a high tunnel on September 16, 2017. The workshop’s main objective was to educate small producers about how to extend their growing season by producing crops during the fall. Ms. Grace ...

CAHS Hosts High Tunnel Workshop2019-12-15T14:37:16-06:00

CARC Student Researchers Discuss Findings with Summer Bridge Participants

2019-12-15T14:37:17-06:00

Nineteen summer bridge participants interacted with Cooperative Agricultural Research Center (CARC) summer student researchers to learn about projects related to the work being performed by CARC research scientists. It was an intentional and collaborative strategy between the CARC and the Department of Agriculture, Nutrition and Human Ecology to introduce incoming agriculture and nutrition majors to ...

CARC Student Researchers Discuss Findings with Summer Bridge Participants2019-12-15T14:37:17-06:00