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- TWRI Announces RFPs for Water Resources Grants
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The Texas Water Resources Institute announces requests for proposals for the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the National Institutes for Water Resources matching grants to support research on the topics of water supply and water availability.
The amount available for research under this program is estimated at $920,000 in federal funds. Any investigator at a [...] - Peterson named to Wildlife and Conservation Policy Chair
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Dr. Tarla Rai Peterson joined the wildlife and fisheries sciences department as the Boone and Crockett Wildlife and Conservation Policy Chair at Texas A&M University.
The chair was established with a $500,000 gift from the Boone and Crockett Club and a matching $500,000 from the Texas A&M Development Foundation. The purpose of the chair is to [...] - Environmental Quality Management Training Now Online
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Writer: Edith A. Chenault, (979) 845-2886, e-chenault1@tamu.edu
Contact: Dr. Saqib Mukhtar, (979) 458-1019, mukhtar@tamu.edu
COLLEGE STATION – Dairy producers can now take mandatory training for confined-animal feeding operations without leaving their homes.
Environmental Quality Management of Animal Feeding Operations training is now online at http://www.peopleware.net/1542.
Dr. Saqib Mukhtar, Texas Cooperative Extension agricultural engineer, said the courses were developed by [...] - ET network for High Plains improved
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New improvements to the Texas High Plains Evapotranspiration Network (TXHPET) that provides daily weather data, including evapotranspiration-based crop water use, should make it easier for High Plains farmers and others to use the network to schedule irrigation of their crops and conserve the limited supplies of water.
The improvements, developed by Thomas Marek, research agricultural engineer [...] - Free soil-testing campaign kicks off in South Texas
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Writer: Rod Santa Ana III, (956) 968-5581, r-santaana@tamu.edu
Contacts: Dr. Enrique Perez, (956) 361-8236, e-perez@tamu.edu
Brad Cowan, (956) 383-1026, b-cowan@tamu.edu
WESLACO – Lower Rio Grande Valley farmers and ranchers could be in for a pleasant surprise if they take advantage of a soil-testing campaign. In addition to being free, the soil test may show producers they can [...]