Root Notes: outlet for all things soil/water/plant related. Focus on intersection of agriculture and environment with emphasis on long-term sustainability
Big crowd of forage producers in Madisonville TX this morning! AgriLife Extension hosting and delivering all kinds of profitable education. Includes soil management and integrating cool season species
Feral hog family in my neighbor's driveway this morning. The soil disturbance they 'wreak' leads to stand loss and weed problems due weed seed redistribution in our area (and many many others) in Texas
AgriLife Extension forage specialist is delivering an awesome program on grass management at the 39th annual surface mine reclamation workshop #root_notes#foragefax
Happy to be part of the southern cover crop council's annual board meeting and conference held this year at Auburn University. Good work geeting done here # southerncovercrops
Texas Watershed Stewards program delivering watershed quality outreach/education right now in Cameron, TX. Just one of many high impact public programs brought to you by Texas A&M AgriLife Extension
Lake Livingston (and adjacent State Park) is an amazing water resource for Texans of all ages. & A cool place to slend Easter afternoon. Ya'll check it out sometime!
Feb 1&2. 2018 Soil Survey & Land Resource Workshop underway in college station Tx. Soil scientists from TxA&M AgriLife, USDA, TCEQ,& industry gather every year to discuss soils. As always, fascinating program this year!
Soil core samples help us understand the distribution of salts and nutrients in the profile under alfalfa irrigated with elevated TDS water sources in west Texas. #root_notes
Late planted cereal rye doing best in till/no till trial in texas blacklands - followed by wyndham peas and faba bean. Chisel helped emergence in compacted soil. Spring wheat struggling after freeze #root_notes