Wheat/stocker cattle program set for Oct. 14, Cross Plains
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service (AgriLife) will host a multi-county wheat and stocker cattle program for West Central Texas farmers [...]
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09, 2014
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09, 2014
Texas corn yields are overall good
The Texas corn harvest finished reasonably good overall. In the Gulf Coast region, yields were generally between 130 bushels per [...]
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09, 2014
USDA’s deregulation of Enlist to help farmers with resistant weeds
After a thorough review of biotech traits, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced its decision in deregulating Dow AgroSciences’ [...]
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09, 2014
Enrollment deadlines near for FSA assistance for livestock and cotton
Livestock producers who have not enrolled for disaster assistance, but have experienced grazing losses due to drought or fire since [...]
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09, 2014
Record number of FFA students
With the world population expected to grow to 9 billion people by 2050, the world will look to students to [...]
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09, 2014
Understanding new farm bill provisions, Oct. 1 in Frost
Navarro County farmers and ranchers are urged to attend the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service (AgriLife) educational meeting of the [...]
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09, 2014
Tornado season is occurring earlier, possibly El Niño
A recent study reveals tornado season is happening up to two weeks earlier than it did 55 years ago in [...]
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09, 2014
Port demand may result in larger acres of South Texas winter wheat
South Texas wheat farmers may be considering increasing winter wheat acres, in spite of falling wheat prices this year. According [...]
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09, 2014
TDA offers feral hog control grants
The Texas Department of Agriculture’s (TDA) County Hog Out Management Program runs through Nov. 30. The program’s goal is to [...]
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09, 2014
Obama issues directive to counter antibiotic resistance
The growing concern for drug-resistant infections, which are linked to 2 million illnesses and 23,000 deaths in the U.S. each [...]