A long awaited herbicide for sandburs in bermudagrass has arrived. Pastora by DuPont has received a crisis exemption label in Oklahoma and Texas for post-emergent control of sandburs in bermudagrass. Also, we now have a label for Outrider (used to be Maverick) by Monsanto for johnsongrass control in bermudagrass in Oklahoma and Texas. Be sure to read and follow label directions.

The Red Imported Fire Ant quarantine area was updated March 13, 2009. Counties in the area include Carter, Comanche, Cotton, Jefferson, Love, Stephens and Tillman in Oklahoma and Jack and Wichita in Texas as well as most of the surrounding counties. Be sure to follow quarantine restrictions when bringing regulated articles, such as hay, from quarantined counties into non-quarantined counties which include Caddo in Oklahoma and Archer and Clay in Texas.

Attention producers affected by Texas wild fires. In response to the devastation of the fires in the area, the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association has secured two grades of barbed wire and 6' T post at cost or below cost for wildfire victims to replace lost fences. Steve Sikes, owner of AMSCO Steel and a member of the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association is the source for these fencing materials. These materials are for wildfire victims only in Wichita, Archer, Young, Clay, Jack and Montague Counties. For information on costs and to arrange pick up of barbed wire and T post, please call Rooter Brite at (940) 841-0132.

What is AgExchange?
AgExchange is a web site hosted by the Noble Foundation providing our cooperators with an environment designed to help them interact with our consultants and to give them easy access to information beneficial to their farm or ranch. AgExchange is located at www.noble.org/AgExchange/ and can only be accessed by Noble Foundation cooperators.

Access your Information
- Forage tests
- Soil tests
- Maps to your properties
- Recommendations

Contact your Team
AgExchange provides you direct contact information for each of your team members, including phone numbers, email addresses, specialty areas, and photos.

Read the Latest Articles
Each month our specialists write new articles for Ag News & Views, our monthly newsletter. View the newest articles in the "Recent Articles & Publications" section or search our archived articles for something written in a previous year.

Use our Agricultural Tools
Choose from over 20 calculators designed to help you with your operations. Categories include agricultural economics, horticulture/gardening, livestock, pasture and range, soil and crops, and wildlife and fisheries. These simple, interactive tools allow you to enter data that you know to find answers that you need.

View your Management Calendar
Our consultants create a wall calendar every year with recommendations for our various consultation areas. With AgExchange, you can view a customized version of this calendar with the ability to filter out consultation areas that do not apply to you. The AgExchange home page will automatically show you the current month's recommendations, but you also have the ability to search previous and future months.

Add Favorites to your Dashboard
If you find something on the AgExchange site that you want to keep at your fingertips, you can use our new dashboard feature. Add your favorite documents or articles, agricultural tools, or (coming soon!) links to external agricultural web sites. Be sure to use our five-star rating system to tell others what you think of our articles, and send feedback to our specialists.

Register for Events
AgExchange lists all of our upcoming events, including cooperator-only events, and allows you to register online. For those events that require payment, you are given the option of paying by credit card or paying by check upon arrival. Make sure you don't miss out on an event of interest to you and your operation by checking AgExchange frequently.

Read the Latest Agricultural News
AgExchange gives you the ability to read the latest agricultural news from industry sources right on our home page. Choose from 20 sources including: Brownfield Ag News, Purdue Agricultural News, Texas A&M University Agricultural News, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, USDA Economic Research Service, and others. Some news providers update content daily, so be sure to come back often.

Keep up with the Local Weather
The Noble Foundation knows how important the latest weather is to the success of your operation, so AgExchange includes links to the latest weather right at your fingertips. Change the zip code to the location of your ranch and keep up-to-date.  

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Noble Foundation Sources for Plant Identification by Chuck Coffey and Russell Stevens
11 ratings:
The plants that surround us are often overlooked in the day-to-day routines of many. In fact, most people have no idea of the types of plants that exist in the field.

Summer Annual Variety Trials by Jim Johnson
8 ratings:
In the summer of 2008, the Noble Foundation conducted replicated small plot (5'x 20') variety trials of forage sorghums, sorghum sudans, sudan grasses and pearl millets.

Managing Fuel Prices by Dustin Oswald
7 ratings:
Three major inputs have a direct impact on the bottom line of an agricultural operation: feed, fertilizer and fuel. All three of these inputs experienced a decrease in price in late 2008 and early 2009, but the drastic decrease in the price of fuel will be the focus of this article.

Implications of Proposed Cap-and-Trade Legislation by Dustin Oswald and Jon Biermacher
10 ratings:
There has been substantial discussion and debate among lawmakers about the implementation of a cap-and-trade policy as a means to mitigate the level of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States.

New Endwall Design Supports Hoop House Structures by Steve Upson
6 ratings:
One choice facing any grower using a portable hoop house structure is deciding on the type of endwall to install.

Trichomoniasis: A New Look at an Old Disease by Robert Wells
7 ratings:
One of the diseases you don't want your bull to get, let alone to bring home to your cows, is trichomoniasis.