Texas Agrilife Extension : South District 12

HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS
For hurricane preparedness information, click below for English and Spanish versions.
Eye of Storm Ojo de la Tormenta

For more information on hurricane preparedness and other disaster preparedness, visit our EDEN website.

H1N1 / NORTH AMERICAN FLU VIRUS
On April 24, the Texas Department of State Health Services announced that H1N1 flu has been confirmed in two 16-year-old boys from Guadalupe County near San Antonio. One became ill on April 10, the other on April 14. Their illnesses were relatively mild. Neither was hospitalized. Both have recovered. Though the boys are friends, it has not been determined how either became infected. Transmission between swine and people is possible but unlikely and has not been documented to have occurred. For more information, click above.

For H1N1 Flu information from the Centers for Disease Control, CLICK HERE
For H1N1 Flu information from the Texas Pork Producers Association, CLICK HERE
For talking points on H1N1 Flu, CLICK HERE
For a fact sheet on H1N1 Flu, CLICK HERE
Flow Chart of CASHN Program, CLICK HERE
CEA Roles & Responsibilities for CASHN, CLICK HERE

CITRUS GREENING
Citrus Greening is a disease carried by an insect that causes fruit damage and, eventually, the death of the citrus tree. The disease was first found in Florida and has since spread to South Carolina and as far west as Louisiana. It remains a threat to Texas and California Citrus industries. To learn more about this threat to the Rio Grande Valley Citrus industry and how you can help, click above.

FEVER TICKS
Fever Ticks continue to remain a big issue to landowners along the Texas-Mexico border. Recent expansions of the quarantine zone and the effects on marketability of livestock make this a high priority issue to both landowners and the state. For more information about the fever tick and maps of quarantined areas, click above.

UPCOMING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS

Organic Production Workshop	Sept. 24	Hoblitzelle Auditorium, Weslaco