NRCS to aid farmers, ranchers in 34 Texas counties in drought status
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) will invest about $21 million in additional farm bill [...]
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05, 2015
El Niño rains cause concern for farmers
It's not very often that farmers and ranchers complain about the rain. For them, not only is water the essence [...]
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05, 2015
Avian flu outbreak’s impact on consumer markets
The avian influenza outbreak continues to grow and leads to more questions about the impact on livestock and meat markets, [...]
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05, 2015
WTO rules on COOL
A World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute panel ruled that U.S. Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) regulations for meats are not [...]
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05, 2015
One Sample Strategy reduces aflatoxin risk for Texas grain producers
Grain industry representatives are touting the effectiveness of the One Sample Strategy, a standardized testing method for aflatoxin, according to [...]
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05, 2015
Texas Plains is frontrunner in state cotton production
Texas cotton farmers produced almost 6.2 million bales last year from 4.6 million harvested acres. Planted acreage was 6.2 million, [...]
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05, 2015
Beginning rancher, beef short courses set for summer
Livestock producers have two important Texas A&M AgriLife Extension (AgriLife) conferences available this summer that will offer insights on production, [...]
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05, 2015
Spinach protein may help fight citrus greening
In a landmark step in the fight against citrus greening disease, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved Southern [...]
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05, 2015
Cover crops can provide nitrogen
Traditionally, cover crops were used for erosion control. But in the past few years, cover crops have been used for [...]
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05, 2015
Winter wheat forecast is up 7 percent
The latest report from the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) forecast winter wheat production in 2015 at 1,471,802,000 bushels, up [...]