Major contributions from 84 years of research by TAES, USDA-ARS, and HPRF personnel include cotton and sorghum production and harvesting, sorghum, cotton and soybean variety development, soil fertility requirements, weed and pest control practices, irrigation technology, bollweevil suppression, vegetable and grape production. Texas Agricultural Extension Service (TAEX) has always played a key role in delivering this technology to the farmer.

As the transition of agriculture evolves on the Texas Southern and High Plains, our research effort is targeted to integrate the best technology available into systems of agriculture which will be more profitable to area growers. Key concepts of our future agriculture could well be Integrated Systems including crop rotations, diversification between crops. livestock, vegetables, grapes and reduced tillage technology, and water/fertility interactions.

TAES continues to make significant commitments of personnel and budgets to the Integrated Systems concept of research. This effort at Lubbock and Halfway was begun in 1985 with the emphasis on "Maximizing Profitability". Results from these 1993 studies indicate positive results at increasing profitability of cotton and sorghum production. This research will provide the technology for conservation resource and environmentally sound provisions of the 1990's

Jaroy Moore PhD
Professor and Resident Director of Research
TAES
Lubbock-Halfway