Farmers polled on their Farm Bill program decisions
Time is ticking for farmers to decide which farm bill program to lock in for the 2014 to 2018 growing [...]
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Apply by March 20 for TFB youth scholarships
Applications for 2015 Texas Farm Bureau (TFB) youth scholarships must be postmarked no later than March 20. Faxed and emailed [...]
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03, 2015
AFBF urges EPA to retain ‘reasonable’ air quality standards
The American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) warns that the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposal to place further restrictions on air [...]
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03, 2015
Wintry mix and rain aid in minor drought recovery
The South experienced unseasonably cold temperatures and a wintry mix of freezing rain, sleet and snow during the past week, [...]
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03, 2015
Upton County Ag Day set for March 26, Rankin
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service’s Upton County Ag Day has been set for March 26 in Rankin, according to [...]
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03, 2015
South Texas premises doubled in fever tick temporary quarantine
State and federal animal health officials monitoring the latest temporary quarantine area in deep South Texas have turned up additional [...]
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03, 2015
Concho Valley Cotton Conference set for March 24, San Angelo
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service (AgriLife) will host the 12th Concho Valley Cotton Conference from 8 a.m. to 3 [...]
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Dry cycle continues for much of the Southwest
The 2011 historic drought resulted in a $7.6 billion loss (2010 and 2011), according to Southwest Farm Press. “Lest recent [...]
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03, 2015
Beef nutrient content similar, organic and conventional
In 2010, the share of the market for natural and organic beef was at 1.6 percent, and in 2014 organic [...]
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Southwest canola crop is frontrunner over wheat
Canola prices are down a bit now but the Southwest has the advantage of being the first canola crop to [...]