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"Cotton Harvest"
Last Updated: 6:27 PM 10/30/09 - Late in August and throughout September is normally the time that most Brazos Valley cotton farmers are harvesting their crops. Seventeen to twenty two inches of rain over the last seven or eight weeks has nearly ninety per cent of the local cotton crop in a holding pattern that becomes more damaging with every passing day. Joe Brown has more in this week’s From The Ground Up.
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“Feral Pigs”
Last Updated: 6:47 PM 10/22/09 - Texas is home to about half of the feral pigs found in the United States, and these pests are impacting the state in a variety of different ways. Joe Brown has more in this week’s From The Ground Up. (Full Story)
"The Pizza Ranch"
Last Updated: 6:37 PM 10/16/09 - Several years ago, local staffers with Texas Agrilife Extension decided to try and do something about the disconnect that had taken place between youth and production agriculture. In an effort to give Brazos County 4th graders a better understanding of where the commodities we consume on a daily basis come from, a program dubbed “The Pizza Ranch” was born. Joe Brown has more in this week’s From The Ground Up. (Full Story)
"Dr. Norman Borlaug"
Last Updated: 7:26 PM 10/08/09 - Agriculture truly lost an ambassador with the passing of Dr. Norman Borlaug, a champion for the use of common sense, Nobel Prize winner, and father of the green revolution. We were able to capture Dr. Borlaug’s passion for agriculture on camera a couple of times in the last few years. Bob French has more with this week’s From The Ground Up. (Full Story)
Irrigated Cotton
Last Updated: 8:14 AM 10/02/09 - Here in the Brazos Valley, cotton is normally the last crop harvested at the end of the growing season, and this year a different twist from Mother Nature will cause some yields to be lower than normal. Joe Brown has more in this week’s From The Ground Up. (Full Story)
Nutritional New Beef Cuts
Last Updated: 4:20 PM 09/28/09 - Texas A&M meat scientists have completed research that will not only bring more value to a beef carcass, but more nutritional choices for consumers. Joe Brown has more in this week’s From The Ground Up. (Full Story)
"Grape Farming Opportunities"

Last Updated: 10:43 AM 09/10/09 - Wine sales are booming in Texas, so much that Texas is the only state in the union that has a deficit of vineyards relative to sales of wine in the state. Local vintner Paul Bonarrigo says Texas needs another 14,000 acres planted to meet demand. Joe Brown has more in this week’s From The Ground Up. (Full Story)
"Grape Harvest"
Last Updated: 12:55 PM 09/04/09 - We’ve been talking all summer about the drought and the excessive heat that has stressed plants and animals alike, so it might surprise you to learn that some ag producers actually benefited from the extremes we experienced. Joe Brown has more in this week’s From The Ground Up. (Full Story)
"Reducing Stress In Cattle"
Last Updated: 11:03 AM 08/27/09 - Ranchers who attended The Beef Cattle Short Course held at Texas A&M earlier this month attended workshops and listened to speakers addressing everything from drought and rising production costs to emerging diseases and weakened beef markets. One of the issues discussed was management techniques that can reduce stress on livestock. Joe Brown has more in this week’s From The Ground Up. (Full Story)
"Organic Food vs. Technology"
Last Updated: 11:30 AM 08/21/09 - Do any benefits of organic farming really outweigh the benefits of conventional farming using the newest technology? In this week’s From The Ground Up, a plant scientist tells us that he believes that even though there hasn’t been any real national discussion of the pros and cons of organic farming, new technologies will soon leave organic farming behind. Joe Brown has more.
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"Agriculture and Public Relations"
Last Updated: 3:37 PM 08/13/09 - Texas A&M’s Beef Cattle Short Course is nationally and internationally recognized as the largest attended beef cattle educational program of its type in the world. This year, one of the issues addressed was the lack of any voice or spokesman for the agriculture industry as a whole, and the need for individual producers to be involved in getting agriculture’s message to the consumer. Joe Brown has more in this week’s From The Ground Up. (Full Story)
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