Gainesville Daily Register Agriculture 2012-02-09T23:56:21-06:00 urn:uuid:0f5ccd42-a5ec-4711-aef8-c6c82e864b47 Cattle deaths blamed on natural poisoning By DELANIA TRIGG, City Editor urn:uuid:3857aa09-60fe-49e2-9218-85ccbe6bb77d 2010-07-26T10:15:44-05:00 <p> <tt>Local cattle are being poisoned by something they eat every day &#8212; grass.</tt></p> GHS FFA attends state convention urn:uuid:59642c49-0137-49c7-959a-b132988d9d34 2010-07-22T11:19:37-05:00 <p> <tt>Six members from the Gainesville FFA chapter attended the 82nd annual Texas FFA Convention held July 13-16 in Corpus Christi.</tt></p> Control scale insects now using horticulture oil By WAYNE BECKER AgriLife Extension Agent urn:uuid:db838098-a921-49a0-8b6b-835a2963f847 2010-01-28T14:53:00-06:00 Now is a good time to control scale insects on evergreen shrubs and trees through use of a horticultural oil spray. Also, fruit trees may be sprayed at this time of year in order to control insect eggs that may have been laid in bark and twig crevices. Master gardners meet For the Register By SHARON SIMMONS urn:uuid:34ac55ee-c3f9-45c0-a93d-b65f8c0b286e 2010-01-21T13:40:00-06:00 The Cooke County Master Gardeners met Thursday, January 14 in the North Central Texas College Library Lyceum. 4-Hers compete in stockshow dairy judging For the Register By WAYNE BECKER urn:uuid:67c06ee9-3d5e-46d9-8384-5b51a5481710 2010-01-21T13:38:00-06:00 The Cooke County 4-H dairy judging teams participated in the Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show in Fort Worth on January 17. Three teams competed — two senior division teams (14 and over) and one junior team. Now's the time to plan for vegetable gardens By WAYNE BECKER AgriLife Extension Agent urn:uuid:f147bc0d-8d9b-4c14-b647-6742531d10f5 2010-01-21T13:35:00-06:00 Even though we are still in the middle of winter, it is time to start thinking about a vegetable garden, if you plan to grow one this year. Farm Bureau calls for scholarship applicants Special to the Register urn:uuid:3e72d364-bb85-43db-9c07-e894dbc7af26 2010-01-14T15:49:00-06:00 Texas Farm Bureau invests large amounts of money and time in developing youth leadership. Cold weather not always a cure for insect woes By WAYNE BECKER AgriLife Extension Agent urn:uuid:1b83fabc-ad79-4d74-b7da-469c9ffdb368 2010-01-14T15:47:00-06:00 I have heard the comment made that this cold weather should, at least, help minimize the insect problem next year. That may be true…but before you get your hopes up; you should know some of the facts. Mistletoe infestations rob landscape trees of nutrients By WAYNE BECKER AgriLife Extension Agent urn:uuid:14e68c91-e336-4d1c-8a68-a8b4b651b628 2009-12-26T12:06:00-06:00 Mistletoe is a common evergreen parasitic plant which grows on a number of landscape trees in Mississippi and is often a source of concern to homeowners with infected trees Making mulch from leaves is greener alternative to bagging By WAYNE BECKER AgriLife Extension Agent urn:uuid:7e4036f7-b5d4-4399-8a25-94ce743e7f88 2009-12-10T12:12:00-06:00 Right now there are plenty of leaves in everyone’s yard.