Fannin County- Texas A&M AgriLife Extension

Fannin County- Texas A&M AgriLife Extension The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service in Fannin County is an educational agency through the land grant university of Texas, Texas A&M.

We offer education on Agriculture, Natural Resources, Family and Consumer Sciences, Health and Wellness, and Youth development. Education through the agency if offered through various opportunities. Educational programs are conducted throughout the year in which professors and researchers come to Fannin County to deliver researched based information on hot topic issues concerning agriculture. We are also available for office appointments in which we can discuss your property goals and ideas you wish to achieve. Health and Wellness classes are offered to assist you and your family a healthier lifestyle as well. If you have any questions on how the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service can assist you please let us know!

โ€ผ๏ธ๐๐จ๐ง๐ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐…๐ข๐ž๐ฅ๐ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒโ€ผ๏ธ๐†๐จ๐ญ ๐š ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ โ€” ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐›๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐ง๐ž? Join us on ๐€๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” for a hands-on Pond...
03/31/2026

โ€ผ๏ธ๐๐จ๐ง๐ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐…๐ข๐ž๐ฅ๐ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒโ€ผ๏ธ

๐†๐จ๐ญ ๐š ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ โ€” ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐›๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐ง๐ž? Join us on ๐€๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” for a hands-on Pond Management Field Day at ๐Œ๐š๐ฑ๐‹๐จ๐œ๐ค ๐‚๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐ง๐ฒ in ๐’๐š๐ฏ๐จ๐ฒ, ๐“๐—.

๐Ÿ“… Date: April 17, 2026
โฐ Time: 8:00 AM โ€“ 1:00 PM
๐Ÿ“ Location: 2801 CR 1245, Savoy, TX 75479
๐Ÿ’ฒ Cost: $20 (includes fish plate lunch)

This outdoor program brings real-world pond management to life with expert instruction and live demonstrations you can see in action.

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎโ€™๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐‹๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง:
โ€ข How to identify and solve common pond problems
โ€ข Managing fish populations for better fishing
โ€ข When aquatic plants help โ€” and when they hurt
โ€ข How to evaluate pond health and fish condition

๐…๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐’๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐ค๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ:
โ€ข Tyson Keese โ€” Ponds 101
โ€ข Bob Lusk โ€” Fundamentals of Fish Management
โ€ข Ryan Oโ€™Hanlon โ€” Exploring Aquatic Plants

๐‹๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐„๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง
Watch professionals identify fish, evaluate populations, and make management decisions right on-site.

Come learn, ask questions, and enjoy a fish plate lunch.

Hands-on pond management field day with experts, live electrofishing demo, and lunch includedโ€”learn to improve your pond and fishery.

๐Ÿ— ๐…๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐ก๐จ๐ ๐ฌ ๐œ๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐›๐ฅ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ž? Fannin County Extension is hosting a ๐…๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐‡๐จ๐  ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ on๐Ÿ“… ๐…๐ซ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐…๐ž๐›๐ซ๐ฎ๐š๐ซ...
01/26/2026

๐Ÿ— ๐…๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐ก๐จ๐ ๐ฌ ๐œ๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐›๐ฅ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ž?

Fannin County Extension is hosting a ๐…๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐‡๐จ๐  ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ on
๐Ÿ“… ๐…๐ซ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐…๐ž๐›๐ซ๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” | โฐ ๐Ÿ—:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐š๐ฆโ€“๐Ÿ๐Ÿ:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐ฉ๐ฆ
๐Ÿ“ Fannin County Extension Office | Bonham, TX

Weโ€™ll cover hog behavior, recognizing damage, effective control methods, and proper trap setup with a ๐ก๐š๐ง๐๐ฌ-๐จ๐ง ๐๐ข๐  ๐๐ซ๐ข๐  ๐๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.

๐Ÿ’ฒ $๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง
๐ŸŽ“ ๐Ÿ‘ ๐‚๐„๐”๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐๐ž ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ
๐Ÿ‘ฅ Limited to 70 attendees

โš ๏ธ Pre-registration is required.
โš ๏ธ ๐…๐š๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ง ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ: Attendance is required to be eligible to rent Pig Brig traps through the Extension office.

๐Ÿ“ž Questions? Contact Cody Maxwell at [email protected]
or call 903-583-7453

Feral Hog Workshop Feb 13 in Bonham! Learn hog biology, signs, control methods, and trap setup. Required training to rent traps.

๐Ÿšœ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐…๐š๐ซ๐ฆ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‘๐š๐ง๐œ๐ก ๐‘๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ŸŒพ ๐Ÿ“… February 19, 2026โฐ 6:00โ€“8:00 PM๐Ÿ“ Multi-Purpose Complex, 700 FM 87, Bonham, TX 75418๐ŸŽŸ F...
01/14/2026

๐Ÿšœ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐…๐š๐ซ๐ฆ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‘๐š๐ง๐œ๐ก ๐‘๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ŸŒพ

๐Ÿ“… February 19, 2026
โฐ 6:00โ€“8:00 PM
๐Ÿ“ Multi-Purpose Complex, 700 FM 87, Bonham, TX 75418
๐ŸŽŸ Free to attend

Join us for this annual event that brings together producers, landowners, agribusiness professionals, and anyone interested in agriculture for an evening of networking, education, and community! ๐๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ“๐ŸŽ ๐š๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐›๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐›๐ž ๐จ๐ง-๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ž, along with ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐จ๐ and ๐ง๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ $๐Ÿ“,๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐จ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ณ๐ž๐ฌ.

Weโ€™re also excited to welcome our keynote speaker, ๐†๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ž๐ญ๐ญ ๐‰๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ, ๐š ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•-๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ-๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ’-๐‡ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ from Collin County, who will share his story and experiences in agriculture and 4-H.

For questions about the event, please email [email protected]
or call 903-583-7453. To help us plan for the meal, please register using the link in this post.

Come join us as the most anticipated agriculture event of the year!

01/13/2026

Soil is the foundation of agriculture success. Healthy soil grows strong forages, supports productive crops, and sets the stage for profitable livestock. Everything we do starts from the ground up.

๐ŸŒฑ๐’๐ญ๐ž๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐’๐จ๐ข๐ฅ ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ๐ŸŒฑ๐˜‰๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ 2026 ๐˜—๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜Ž๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ป๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜š๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐Ÿ“… Friday, January 16, 2026โฐ 9:00 amโ€“12:00 pm๐Ÿ“ Fa...
01/08/2026

๐ŸŒฑ๐’๐ญ๐ž๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐’๐จ๐ข๐ฅ ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ๐ŸŒฑ
๐˜‰๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ 2026 ๐˜—๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜Ž๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ป๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜š๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด

๐Ÿ“… Friday, January 16, 2026
โฐ 9:00 amโ€“12:00 pm
๐Ÿ“ Fannin County Extension Office
2505 N. Center St., Bonham, TX 75418
๐Ÿ’ฒ Registration: $15.00

This research-based workshop will focus on soil fertility decisions that drive forage response in pastures and hay meadows. Topics include soil test interpretation, essential nutrients, fertility timing, and using long-range weather outlooks to help guide fertility and grazing decisions for the 2026 season.

If you have any questions please email [email protected] or call 903-583-7453.

If you manage pastures or hay meadows, this program will provide practical tools you can put to use right away.

Research-based soil fertility strategies to improve nutrient response and set pastures and hay meadows up for successful grazing in 2026.

๐‹๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐‹๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž! Join us ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ฌ๐ญ in ๐๐จ๐ง๐ก๐š๐ฆ, ๐“๐ž๐ฑ๐š๐ฌ for ๐‹๐š๐ง๐ ๐’๐ญ๐ž๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ with Texas A&M A...
11/11/2025

๐‹๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐‹๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž!

Join us ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ฌ๐ญ in ๐๐จ๐ง๐ก๐š๐ฆ, ๐“๐ž๐ฑ๐š๐ฌ for ๐‹๐š๐ง๐ ๐’๐ญ๐ž๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension. Whether youโ€™re a new or experienced landowner, this hands-on program will help you make ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก-๐›๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐๐ž๐œ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ to care for your property and reach your goals.

Weโ€™ll cover soil health, forage and w**d management, livestock management, stocking rates, fencing, wildlife, and cost-share programs for landowners. Coffee and donuts provided!

๐Ÿ‘‰ Register here: https://LandStewardship101.eventbrite.com

Learn how to manage your land with purpose! Join us Nov. 21 in Bonham for Land Stewardship 101 with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension.

09/17/2025

Keeping our folks up to date on armywormsโ€”stay alert and let us know if youโ€™ve got any questions!

09/17/2025
09/04/2025

๐Ÿ’ก ๐ƒ๐จ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐‚๐š๐ฅ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐•๐š๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐’๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐š๐ง๐ ๐–๐ž๐š๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ?

Shrink is the temporary weight loss cattle experience from stress, fasting, and transport before being sold. Even a short delay in weaning can impact your bottom line!

Take this example: a ๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐› ๐ฐ๐ž๐š๐ง๐ž๐ ๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ญ $๐Ÿ’.๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ—/๐ฅ๐› ๐ง๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ $๐Ÿ,๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ, while an ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฐ๐ž๐š๐ง๐ž๐ ๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐š๐ฆ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ž๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿ“% ๐ฌ๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐š๐ญ $๐Ÿ’.๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ–/๐ฅ๐›, ๐ง๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ $๐Ÿ,๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘. ๐“๐ก๐š๐ญโ€™๐ฌ $๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ— ๐ฅ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ญ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ญ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž โ€” money you could capture with proper weaning and preconditioning.

Understanding shrink and weaning premiums helps you maximize profits and make more profitable marketing decisions.

Address

2505 N Center Street
Bonham, TX
75418

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 4:30pm
Tuesday 8am - 4:30pm
Wednesday 8am - 4:30pm
Thursday 8am - 4:30pm
Friday 8am - 4:30pm

Telephone

+19035837453

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