Extension Office Closed in Observance of Memorial Day
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service of Austin County Office will be closed May 29th, 2023 in observance of the Memorial Day holiday.
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service of Austin County Office will be closed May 29th, 2023 in observance of the Memorial Day holiday.
The 73rd Annual meeting of the Austin County Livestock Association will be held on Thursday, June 1, 2023, at the Cat Spring Agricultural Hall in Cat Spring, Texas. The Association, along with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, is offering a CEU program with a presentation on Pesticide Laws & Regulations. Following that will be a presentation on the Asian Longhorn Tick and other External Parasites in Cattle. The presenters will be Cammie Johnson, Inspector, Texas Department of Agriculture, and Dr. Tom Hairgrove, DVM, Professor & Extension Veterinarian, Texas... Read More →
Do you think you have the best vegetables or the biggest tomato? The Austin County Horticulture Committee and Linseisen’s Feed & Supply, Inc. are hosting a “Home Grown Vegetable Contest” to let everyone show off their prize-winner vegetables from their gardens. The Contest is open to the public, with no entry fee and no age limit! If you love to garden and grow vegetables, you can enter. All entries MUST be grown by the exhibitor. All entries MUST be healthy and edible. One entry per exhibitor per... Read More →
The Bluebonnet Master Gardeners, in conjunction with the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension team, are pleased to announce our 6th year of holding Kids’ Kamp in Austin, Colorado, Fayette, and Washington Counties. This kamp is designed to be educational but fun with the goal of igniting a passion in the youth of our area to the importance and enjoyment of gardening through unique experiences. This year, the kids will (1) explore how plants evolve and adapt to survive (including Venus Flytraps); (2) design and build their own terrarium... Read More →