Company tests driverless tractors on large, small farms
By Jessica Domel Multimedia Reporter Long days behind the controls of a tractor or combine could become a thing of [...]
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Landowners, groups work to prevent Monarch listing
By Jessica Domel Multimedia Reporter As a critical stop on the Monarch butterfly’s migration route to and from Mexico each [...]
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05, 2018
USDA releases final cotton numbers, wheat forecast
By Jessica Domel Multimedia Reporter Despite not being included in farm bill safety net coverage like other commodities in 2017, [...]
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05, 2018
Mother Nature helping, hurting Texas dairy industry
By Jessica Domel Multimedia Reporter Texas dairy farms produced more milk in the first quarter of this year, but a [...]
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Perdue names FSA administrator
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced last week the appointment of Richard Fordyce to serve as administrator of the [...]
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Updates proposed to branding for cattle from Mexico
The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is accepting comments on its proposal [...]
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05, 2018
Equine disease confirmed in Lubbock County horse
Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) officials confirmed Equine Herpes Myeloencephalopathy (EHM), the neurologic disease linked to Equine Herpes Virus (EHV-1), [...]
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Foot and mouth disease research moves to U.S.
By Julie Tomascik Editor U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue recently authorized the movement of a modified, non-infectious version of [...]
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USDA predicts increases in meat production in 2019
By Jessica Domel Multimedia Reporter Beef, pork, broiler, egg, milk and turkey production are all forecast to grow next year, [...]
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Damages lowered in North Carolina hog farm lawsuit
By Jennifer Dorsett Field Editor More than a week after a jury handed down a verdict to neighbors of a [...]