8 articles in this issue
Bing Liu, Aaron Benson
Winter safflower is considered a potential feedstock for biodiesel production that can be grown on the Texas High Plains. It requires fewer inputs than current irrigated crops, and could be grown on semi-arid or marginal land. The potential of winter saff... see more
Jorge D. Cortez, Scott E. Henke, Richard Riddle
The Maritime pocket gopher (Geomys personatus maritimus) is a subspecies of Texas pocket gopher endemic to the Flour Bluff area of coastal southern Texas. Little is known about the habitat and nutritional requirements of this subspecies. The amount and qu... see more
Daniel P. Collins, Louis A. Harveson, Donald C. Ruthven III
Five North American badgers were trapped on the Chaparral Wildlife Management Area located in Texas counties Dimmit and LaSalle Texas in 2002. Mean male badger weight was 6.29 ± 0.76 kg and weight for a female badger was 5.44 ± 0.00 kg. Weights resulted i... see more
Mark A. Matocha, W. James Grichar
Research was conducted from 2007 to 2010 to evaluate nicosulfuron plus metsulfuron combinations for weed control and crop injury to Tifton 85 and Jiggs bermudagrass. Sequential applications of nicosulfuron plus metsulfuron controlled Carolina horsenettle ... see more
Naveen Musunuru, Mark Yu, Arley Larson
The purpose of this paper is to model and forecast volatility of returns for corn futures prices using GARCH models. Non-linear models from the GARCH family, specifically TGARCH and EGARCH are employed to assess the role of asymmetries and to analyze the ... see more
Maud Roucan-Kane, Foy D. Mills, Jr., L. A. Wolfskill, Mary York
In response to an increase in consumer demand for organic products, the number of organic operations has increased in the U.S. However, unlike the rest of the U.S., the number of certified organic operations in Texas has remained relatively stable. As a m... see more
Wesley D. Bannister, David H. Kattes, Michael Wade, Barry D. Lambert
Dairies and other confined animal feeding operations (CAFOs) produce large amounts of manure that, when not disposed of properly, can lead to contaminated runoff into creeks and rivers or leach into ground water. Geenhouse experiments were conducted to de... see more
Vanessa Corriher-Olson, Francis M. Rouquette Jr., Gerald R. Smith
Warm-season annual legumes such as cowpea (Vigna unguiculata [L.] Walp) and lablab (Lablab purpureus [L.] Sweet) have the potential to be used for grazing and/or hay crop throughout the Southeastern United States. Two studies were conducted at Texas A&M A... see more