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Texas A&M AgriLife center goes green
Friday, February 1st, 2013Low-impact design minimizes urban runoff pollution By: Robert Burns DALLAS — In the city, rain doesn’t so much clean things up as sweep them under the rug. And in Dallas, the “rug” is the Upper Trinity River watershed, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert. This is because so much of the land …
National Conference on Air, Soil and Water Quality Seeks Farmer Input
Friday, August 10th, 2012DENVER — A national conference on the environmental impacts of poultry and livestock production is calling for abstracts, and not just from professional scientists, but from farmers and other agricultural innovators too, said a Texas AgriLife Extension Service engineer. The Livestock and Poultry Environmental Learning Center will host “From Waste to Worth: ‘Spreading’ Science and …
Dr. Guy Fipps receives ASABE award for The Advancement of Surface Irrigation
Wednesday, August 1st, 2012By: Robert Burns COLLEGE STATION – Dr. Guy Fipps, Texas AgriLife Extension Service engineer, has received an award for his work advancing surface irrigation and saving water in Texas and abroad. The American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers presented Fipps with their award for The Advancement of Surface Irrigation on Aug. 1 at their annual meeting, …
Course offered for professional irrigation managers on ‘smart’ controllers
Tuesday, July 17th, 2012By: Robert Burns COLLEGE STATION – Computer-controlled ‘smart’ irrigation controllers have gotten smarter the last few years, but they still require professional training to install and monitor them, said a Texas AgriLife Extension Service expert. The “Weather-Based ‘Smart’ Irrigation Controllers” short course is designed for irrigation and landscape professionals, and will be held from 10 …
Irrigation course designed to aid urban water conservation efforts
Friday, July 13th, 2012By: Robert Burns COLLEGE STATION – Golf courses, city parks and sports fields are all greening up with recent rains, but professional landscape managers still need to learn irrigation conservation scheduling, according to an irrigation engineer. “Reservoirs are filling up in some areas, but the problems cities like San Antonio and Dallas have will be …
Roof Water Harvesting Collaboration with Massey University, New Zealand
Wednesday, June 13th, 2012Recently Stan Abbott hosted two of the leading Rain Water Harvesting Experts from Texas A & M University in the USA. Billy Kniffen is a Texas A & M AgriLife Extension Service Water Resource Specialist who focuses on rainwater catchment education with state wide responsibilities. Billy has served in extension for 29 years and he …
AgriLife Research: Groundwater nitrate concentrations increasing in Rolling Plains
Tuesday, June 12th, 2012By: Kay Ledbetter VERNON – Nitrate is a major contaminant and threat to groundwater quality in Texas and around the U.S., so knowing where this chemical tends to pool will be a help in controlling potential damage, according to a Texas AgriLife Research study. Dr. Srinivasulu Ale, AgriLife Research geospatial hydrologist at Vernon, and his …
What’s the best irrigation canal liner?
Thursday, May 24th, 2012By: Robert Burns COLLEGE STATION — There are an estimated 1.2 million acres of agricultural land in Texas irrigated via canals, and many are in need of renovation, according to a Texas AgriLife Extension Service expert. Historically, irrigation canals were basically just earthen ditches, according to Dr. Guy Fipps, AgriLife Extension irrigation engineer, College Station. …
Auvermann awarded Superior Service by AgriLife Extension
Monday, April 23rd, 2012AMARILLO — Dr. Brent Auvermann is an agricultural engineering specialist for Texas AgriLife Extension Service with joint appointments in Texas AgriLife Research and Texas A&M University’s biological and agricultural engineering department. His expertise disseminated while wearing these many hats has earned Auvermann a 2011 Superior Service Award in the specialist category. The award was announced …
BAEN Extension Specialist to conduct rainwater harvesting training for landscape professionals
Monday, November 28th, 2011Feb. 8 workshop in Edinburg will address system use, design and construction By: Paul Schattenberg EDINBURG – A one-day training workshop for landscape professionals interested in learning about systems for collecting and using rainwater will be held Feb. 8 at the Texas AgriLife Extension Service office, 410 N.13th Ave. in Edinburg. The program will take …
