2000 ANNUAL REPORT AGRICULTURAL COMPLEX FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH AND EXTENSION SYSTEMS (AG-CARES) AND OTHER DAWSON COUNTY AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS IN COOPERATION WITH LAMESA COTTON GROWERS TEXAS AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE TEXAS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION The Agriculture Program THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM Agricultural Research and Extension Center at Lubbock Route 3, Box 219 Lubbock, TX 79403-9803 This report for AG-CARES marks the eleventh year of a partnership between Lamesa Cotton Growers, the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, and the Texas Agricultural Extension Service. Those working in the Agriculture Program of the Texas A&M System on the Southern High Plains continue to rely on this location as a premier site to develop, demonstrate, and deliver agricultural technology and information to producers in this area. Profitable and sustainable farming systems for the area continues to receive the major emphasis at AG-CARES. Long term results under the varied weather conditions experienced in the region continue to be compiled for your reference. Conservation tillage methods for wind protection are compared with conventional tillage programs. Water conservation continues to be a major focus of programs for all crops. The use of LEPA irrigation techniques on peanuts was demonstrated as a viable alternate to spray irrigation at this site. Precision Agriculture (site specific farming) studies have been underway for three years. Our scientists, like their counterparts across the U.S., are finding that accurate and dependable information is very time consuming and expensive to collect and that data is complex and difficult to interpret due to the large number of factors being studied. Results to date have not yielded any practices to be recommended for adoption by producers. AG-CARES continues to allow us to leverage funds provided by producers groups, commodities, state agencies, and industries to meet and address agricultural needs of producers in the area. Major funding sources include Lamesa Cotton Growers, Texas State Support Committee for Cotton, Cotton Incorporated, Texas Peanut Producers Board, Monsanto, and several businesses in Lamesa. Our federal, state and county elected officials continue to provide strong support for the success of AG-CARES. Strong leadership and direction for our programs are provided by Travis Mires and George Hardberger (Lamesa Cotton Growers), Dr. Randy Boman and John Farris (TAEX), and Drs. Wayne Keeling and Mike Schubert (TAES). Danny Carmichael serves as the site manager. We are indebted to all those mentioned above as well as the many staff members of the Lubbock Research and Extension Center and the Dawson County Office who provided support at this site.
Jaroy Moore Jett Major |
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