BQA certification offered
With only two weeks remaining, the countdown continues for beef and dairy producers to become Beef Quality Assurance (BQA)-certified for [...]
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11, 2015
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11, 2015
House takes first step toward highway bill
The House approved HR 22, the long-term highway bill, by a vote of 363-64 this week. The bill authorizes nearly [...]
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11, 2015
Citrus canker found in South Texas
Citrus canker, a devastating citrus tree disease, was found in South Texas in Cameron County in a residential golf course [...]
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11, 2015
Hidden Pines fire impacts Buescher and Bastrop state parks
AUSTIN— The mid-October skies in Smithville were cloaked by a thick smoke after a wildfire ignited near Buescher and Bastrop [...]
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11, 2015
TFB Resolutions Committee addresses agriculture concerns
(WACO, Texas)—Rollback taxes for agricultural valuation topped the list of concerns as the Texas Farm Bureau (TFB) Resolutions Committee discussed [...]
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11, 2015
New weather pattern strengthens El Niño rain chances through winter
Late October rains have practically wiped severe drought conditions from the face of Texas maps, and a new weather system [...]
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11, 2015
Texans approve additions to state Constitution
The ballots have been cast and the results are in. All seven of the proposed amendments to the state Constitution [...]
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11, 2015
Senate fails to take action on WOTUS
A proposal that would have required the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Army Corps of Engineers to withdraw its [...]
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11, 2015
Farm Credit Bank of Texas surpasses $19 billion in assets
AUSTIN, Texas – Farm Credit Bank of Texas (FCBT) reported strong asset growth and credit quality in the third quarter [...]
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11, 2015
Ag coalition backs SAFE Trucking Act
More than 70 of the nation’s leading food and agriculture associations—the American Farm Bureau Federation, American Fruit and Vegetable Processors [...]