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47th Annual Eagle Lake Rice Field Day Set For June 28

EAGLE LAKE – The 47th annual Eagle Lake Rice Field Day is scheduled for 4 p.m. June 28th at the David R. Wintermann Rice Research Station on Farm-to-Market Road 102 just north of Eagle Lake.  The field day will offer an opportunity for producers to tour the research station, making stops along the way to hear about insect management, weed management, plant nutrient management, disease management, varietal testing, and rice breeding.  The field day is […]

Summer seminar spotlights school gardens

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension will present a mid-summer conference on “Cultivating School Gardens” for educators to prepare youth for healthy learning. The effort works as illustrated by an elementary school in Katy that has been providing students a hands-on gardening experience for eight years. Stacy Slater, Stephens Elementary School science teacher, said “Students are getting gardening experience and taking that home to their families. Several students have shared that they have started their own garden […]