Senate votes ‘no’ on removing Lesser Prairie-Chicken from ‘threatened’ list
The U.S. Senate rejected an amendment with a vote of 54 to 44 that would have taken the Lesser Prairie-Chicken [...]
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01, 2015
‘Our Turn to Ranch’ schools for ranchers’ children and grandchildren
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will host two-day schools this spring for adult children and grandchildren of landowners who [...]
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01, 2015
Study reveals COOL not the cause cattle imports falloff
Morning Ag Clips reports the decline in cattle imports into the U.S. is not due to Country of Origin Labeling [...]
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01, 2015
TWDB updates interactive water plan website
The Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) released an updated and final version of the Interactive 2012 State Water Plan website, [...]
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01, 2015
CRP encourages more bird habitats on irrigated farmland
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced new policy for the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) to encourage the creation of [...]
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01, 2015
Weed control is focus of AgriLife’s Texas Range webinar, Feb. 5
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service (AgriLife) hosts Texas Range webinar series scheduled the first Thursday of each month from [...]
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01, 2015
Drought takes toll on Texas groundwater
Most of Texas has emerged from multi-years of drought, but scientists at the University of Texas Austin's Center for Space [...]
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01, 2015
Boost in feedlot cattle numbers, but with fewer heifers
While the latest U.S. Cattle on Feed report shows total inventory in U.S. feedlots with capacity for 1,000 or more [...]
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01, 2015
TWDB hosts ag water conservation grants webinar
The Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) will host a free webinar on current agricultural water conservation grant opportunities on Feb. [...]
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01, 2015
New leadership of House and Senate Ag Committees
New faces show up on the two agriculture committees of the 114th Congress and new leadership takes over in both [...]