AFBF pleased with House-Senate hearing on WOTUS rule
In a letter sent Wednesday, American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) President Bob Stallman thanked the chairs of the Senate Committee [...]
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USDA grants $16 million to support food production and security
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) has set aside more than $16 million [...]
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02, 2015
Texas dairies reuse water as conservation tactic
Texas dairymen know it takes water to make milk and dairies are searching for ways to use less water, similar [...]
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02, 2015
TWDB releases study on drought indicators
The Texas Water Development Board (TWDB), in coordination with The University of Texas at Austin's Jackson School of Geosciences, announces [...]
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02, 2015
More than $18 million in grants for next generation farmers, ranchers
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has set aside more than $18 million in grants to educate, mentor and enhance [...]
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02, 2015
EPA grants 2015 exemption of Topguard for Texas cotton
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has granted a Section 18 emergency use exemption to Texas for the use of [...]
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Tarp may have smothered zebra mussels at Lake Waco
City of Waco and Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) officials trying to safeguard Lake Waco against the zebra mussel [...]
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02, 2015
TPWD proposes regulations change: turkey, bass, gar and commercial crab and finfish
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) is considering changes to regulations for 2015 and seeking public comments. The first [...]
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02, 2015
Could farm program payments surpass farm bill’s projections?
Falling crop prices are going against Congress’ assumptions of the 2014 Farm Bill’s programs, even before farmers and ranchers have [...]
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02, 2015
FibreLux: a field-friendly compact wool measurement tool
A team of Texas A&M AgriLife Research (AgriLife) scientists is evaluating the new FibreLux—a field-friendly, reasonably priced fiber measurement tool—and [...]