Texas A&M AgriLife Ranch to Retail Danny Nusser

Dr. Smith goes into great detail regarding the use of minerals and vitamins in beef herds and at all stages of development.  He indicates the requirments for all stages and how to make sure we are providing enough to our herds.  This is a bit longer than an hour but well worth it because of the detail and discussion surrounding this important topic.  

Dr. Jason Smith, Extension Beef Cattle Specialist with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service in Amarillo discusses opportunities to enhance the value of your calves through management and marketing.  Great discussion and questions as well.

Dr. Jenna Funk is an instructor in with VERO at the Texas A&M Vet School located at WTAMU and instructs 4th year vet students.  She is a Beef Cattle Vet and certified Beef Cattle Specialist.  She recently visited with AgriLife Extension Agents Andy Hart (Hale) and Mark Carroll (Floyd) on their radio interview "The Graze".   Dr. Funk discussed calf losses to pneumonia and went into detail regarding the differences in AIP and BRD pneumonia.  She discussed the causes of death, symptoms of the problems, diagnosis, and prevention.  This is a very good discussion and I hope you will enjoy.

Incredible information presented by Dr. Jourdan Bell and Dr. Kevin Heflin related to Corn and Sorghum Hybrids.  The emphasis was on the impact of production decisions on yield and selection hybrids based on these influences.  Hybrid differences, history, inputs, ear flex, and other agronomic influences were talked about in detail.  Emphasis was also placed on weed control, transpiration of the plant, water needs, soil holding capacity, optimizing your water, and irrigation strategies.  Sorghum stress benefits vs. corn, limited irrigation, diseases, maturity, growth and development, planting dates, etc.   This was an excellent conversation and presentation from our December on-line meeting.

Learn from Dr. Morgan Treadwell some of the management tools and resources available to help with control of problem weeds and brush.  Dr. Treadwell starts with management of your grasses and provides a great run down of all the tools available to you.  This an excellent presentation that we capture at our recent AgriLife North Region on-line program in December.  Enjoy!

Management of weeds in the High Plains is challenging and much of the success with control is because of the tools available.  Dr. Dotray discusses these options and some of the issues you might face that can contribute to the challenges and some of the management decisions that can help deal with these challenges.