Hopeful start of Texas shrimp season
Texas shrimp harvest season began July 15 and the Gulf Coast is crawling with shrimp boats from Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, [...]
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07, 2014
Mahindra USA offers new scholarships for ag students
Mahindra USA is offering a new scholarship program to high school students pursuing a college education in agriculture. The scholarship [...]
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07, 2014
USDA announces Farm Bill supplemental crop coverage
As stipulated through the 2014 Farm Bill, farmers and ranchers will receive new crop insurance options that will strengthen and [...]
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07, 2014
Food waste powers an England supermarket
In England, the Sainsbury’s superstore located at Cannock uses unsold, rotten food scraps to power its store. Sainsbury has teamed [...]
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07, 2014
Rainwater harvesting program set for Aug. 12, Seguin
Learn conservation benefits and methods of capturing rainwater and reduce water runoff, plus how to build a harvesting system at [...]
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07, 2014
Panhandle, West Texas wind power to supply millions of Texas households
Cattle and wind turbines share the land in the Panhandle and West Texas, where persistent winds turn 30-ton blades on [...]
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07, 2014
USDA cattle numbers denote a decline
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released their July 1 Cattle Report last week, which show declines in almost all [...]
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07, 2014
Texas Heritage Hall of Honor inducts AFBF President Stallman
American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) President Bob Stallman is an inductee into the Texas Heritage Hall of Honor by the [...]
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07, 2014
Citrus greening found in Harris County
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service (AgriLife) advises citrus growers in Harris County to look for signs of Huanglongbing (HLB) [...]
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07, 2014
New food research foundation announced
The newly created Foundation for Food and Agricultural Research (FFAR) was announced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) earlier [...]