Mind Give Thanks Gratitude is good for you. Research shows it can lower blood pressure, decrease depression and improve quality of life. “Gratitude works,” says Leah Buturain Schneider, gerontologist, theologian and mindful aging expert at the USC

DATES TO REMEMBER November 27 – Extension Office Closed at Noon for Thanksgiving Holidays 28 – 29 – Extension Office Closed for Thanksgiving Holidays December 2 – Deadline to Enter the Brown County Youth Fair 7 –

On November 22, 2024, the Chief Veterinary Officer of Mexico notified the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of a positive detection of New World screwworm (NWS) in Mexico. On

The holidays bring joy, but unfortunately, they also bring increased risk of fires in homes. Candles, electrical and cooking fires occur the most during the holiday season. Bryan Davis, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service Disaster Assessment and

Did you know that turkeys weren’t always so plentiful in Texas? Unregulated hunting and habitat destruction decimated wild turkey populations in the 1800s. Numbers remained low into the mid-1900s, with only an estimated 100,000 birds in 1959.

DATES TO REMEMBER November 26 – D-7 4-H Scholarship Training 6:30pm at the District 7 Office, San Angelo, TX 27 – Extension Office Closed at Noon for Thanksgiving Holidays 28 – 29 – Extension Office Closed for

When we consider ways to manage our finances, certain words may come to mind — savings, income, debt, interest. However, there are several considerations besides money that can impact a household’s overall well-being. While financial literacy is

Product Grimmway Farms initiated a voluntary recall of multiple sizes and brands of bagged organic whole and baby carrots. Organic whole carrots were available for purchase at retail from August 14 through October 23, 2024 (365, Bunny

Texas ranks seventh for honey production. Compared to last year, more honey is expected to be harvested this year due to less extreme weather swings. Read more, plus the latest Texas Crop & Weather Report. As beekeepers

Stress about money can take a lot of the joy out of the holiday season, but a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert has some tips to help make your holiday season a little merrier through budgeting,

DATES TO REMEMBER November 17 – 4-H Rabbit Club Meeting/Showmanship Clinic 2:00pm at the Extension Office 17 – Cen-Tex 4-H Club Meeting 3:00pm at the Extension Office 19 – Consumer Decision Making Information Meeting 4:30pm at the

Antlers Antlers are bone that grow from a knob on the skull, called a pedicle, of male cervids (the deer family). Caribou (reindeer) are the exception as females have antlers too. Antlers are shed and regrown each