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Agriculture and Natural Resources

Agriculture and Natural Resources

Food Safety and GAPs Course Held at Prairie View A&M University

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

In collaboration with Texas A&M AgriLife, Texas Department of Agriculture and Produce Safety Alliance, Prairie View A&M University Cooperative Extension Program recently held a Food Safety and GAPs Training course for Ag Producers. Twenty-seven producers from the surrounding area were trained on the latest produce safety rules as governed by the Food Safety Modernization Act ...

Food Safety and GAPs Course Held at Prairie View A&M University2019-12-15T14:37:17-06:00

2017 Ag Field Day A Success

2019-12-15T14:37:19-06:00

Hundreds came out this year in support of Prairie View A&M University's College of Agriculture and Human Sciences 2017 Agricultural Field Day recently held on the campus. Participants at the 34th annual event included new and early-stage small-scale farmers and ranchers, students from 9 area high schools and their teachers, local community members, vendors, and ...

2017 Ag Field Day A Success2019-12-15T14:37:19-06:00

2017 Ag Field Day to Be Held This Week

2019-12-15T14:37:19-06:00

Prairie View A&M University’s College of Agriculture and Human Sciences (CAHS) annual Agricultural Field Day will be held Friday, April 28th and Saturday, April 29th on the main campus of Prairie View A&M University. The Ag Field Day (as it is commonly known) tagline “Educating, Innovating and Cultivating through Teaching, Research and Service” surmises that ...

2017 Ag Field Day to Be Held This Week2019-12-15T14:37:19-06:00

Feral Hog Program Wildly Popular

2019-12-15T14:37:20-06:00

Derrick Banks, CEP Extension Agent, Agriculture and Natural Resources at Prairie View A&M University, spoke with constituents in Ft. Bend County about the growing nuisance of feral hogs for weeks, so he knew that it was a hot-button issue. What he may not have known, however, was that the number of persons attending a workshop ...

Feral Hog Program Wildly Popular2019-12-15T14:37:20-06:00

Small Acreage Horticulturists Attend Spring Fruit Tree Maintenance Program

2019-12-15T14:37:20-06:00

With spring just around the corner, fruit tree growers are thinking about the production of this year’s fruit crop.  On February 27, 2017, Corey Hicks, Prairie View A&M University Cooperative Extension Agent, offered Houston County a Spring Fruit Tree program held at the Crockett Resource for Independent Living Center in Crockett, Texas. This program gave ...

Small Acreage Horticulturists Attend Spring Fruit Tree Maintenance Program2019-12-15T14:37:20-06:00

Agriculture Workshops Presented

2019-12-15T14:37:26-06:00

Beginning farmers, gardeners and gardening enthusiasts took part in three Agriculture workshops hosted by the Cooperative Extension Program (CEP) at Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU). The workshop series targeted small-scale, beginning growers or those wishing to enter production and covered the entire production spectrum from field preparation to harvesting to managing a farm business. The ...

Agriculture Workshops Presented2019-12-15T14:37:26-06:00