Educational materials help students make farm-to-food connection
The American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture has made available new educational materials to help teachers explain where food comes [...]
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10, 2016
Monarch butterfly migration moves across Texas
Recent efforts to help preserve the dwindling Monarch butterfly population are being seen in the Concho Valley. Thousands of the [...]
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10, 2016
Ag groups urge food companies to evaluate sustainability goals
The top U.S. farm organizations joined together to urge food companies to evaluate their sustainability goals. The groups sent a [...]
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10, 2016
Texas cotton gin installs DNA tagging technology
International markets will pay a premium for U.S. cotton because of its high quality. And one Texas cotton gin has [...]
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10, 2016
U.S. lifts Cuban trade restrictions
The prospect of Cuban trade for U.S. food and agriculture communities is expanding. The White House announced new proposals that [...]
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10, 2016
EPA issues sulfoxaflor registration with limited uses
By Jessica Domel News Editor American farmers will once again be able to use popular insecticide sulfoxaflor, or Transform WG, [...]
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10, 2016
EPA glyphosate review postponed
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) appointed Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP) has postponed its scientific review of glyphosate, the active ingredient [...]
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10, 2016
Funding to monitor soybean rust dries up
Asian soybean rust has the potential to cause significant soybean yield losses. Soybean rust is a weather-driven disease in which [...]
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10, 2016
TFB joins national Farm Bill Working Group
By Jessica Domel News Editor The next farm bill may be two years away, but agricultural organizations like Texas Farm [...]
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10, 2016
Coastal Land Legacy Initiative promotes benefits of conservation easements
The Texas Agricultural Land Trust (TALT) is helping to advance the conservation of privately owned lands in the Gulf Coast [...]