Weather benefits, hurts Texas agriculture
The story for Texas? Spring rains, and the good, bad and ugly that they bring. Recent rains caused flooding in [...]
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04, 2016
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04, 2016
FARM Assistance program helps farmers, ranchers
By Justin Green Staff Writer Commodity prices are sinking like the sun on a West Texas summer—slowly, but surely. Because [...]
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04, 2016
DuPont sales fall 6 percent
A strong U.S. dollar and lower volumes has DuPont Company's sales down 6 percent from a year earlier in the [...]
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04, 2016
USDA funds available to fight citrus greening
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced they will invest $22 million to help citrus growers fight Huanglongbing (HLB), commonly [...]
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04, 2016
Vilsack attends meeting to talk TPP
U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack met with agricultural ministers from the G-7 group of major industrialized nations to [...]
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04, 2016
Boening, Borlaug promote biotechnology benefits
Proponents of biotechnology described the use of genetically modified organisms (GMO) as being about choice, sustainability and making sure all [...]
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04, 2016
Lawmakers seek answers from EPA on anti-ag campaign
By Shala Watson TFB Public Relations Intern Late last week, 145 bipartisan lawmakers joined together to seek answers from the [...]
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04, 2016
Scrapie case confirmed in Texas Panhandle
Late last week, Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) officials confirmed scrapie in a Hartley County ewe. The ewe was tested [...]
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04, 2016
AFBF: WOTUS woes continue
On Thursday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit declined to grant rehearing by the full court on [...]
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04, 2016
Cotton Council disputes Turkish anti-dumping penalties
The National Cotton Council (NCC) is going to fight Turkey’s decision to impose a 3 percent CIF (cost, insurance and [...]