RI-AF deadline approaches
Farmers and ranchers have just under a month left to sign up for the Rainfall Index-Annual Forage Insurance Plan (RI-AF) [...]
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06, 2014
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06, 2014
Registration underway for Brown County Range, Brush program
Texans who are interested in learning more about range and brush control as well as coyote and feral hog control [...]
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06, 2014
Economist: El Niño could be good for crop production
El Niño is expected to return to the Peruvian coast this fall, and some experts say that will be good [...]
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06, 2014
FSA County Committee nomination period now open
If there’s someone you think should serve on a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) County Committee, [...]
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06, 2014
Phone scam targeting FSA customers
Farmers and ranchers should be on the lookout for someone posing as a Farm Service Agency (FSA) representative claiming the [...]
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06, 2014
Possible veto for House ag spending bill
The U.S. House of Representatives are working to finalize their fiscal year 2015 agriculture appropriations bill, H.R. 4800. At its [...]
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06, 2014
TAHC adopts cattle tuberculosis rule, proposes trich changes
A number of new rules and amendments were recently adopted by the Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC). Texas animal health [...]
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06, 2014
Field crops program set for June 25, Seguin
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will host the 2014 Field Crops Program June 25 in Seguin. Several presentations will address [...]
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06, 2014
Perry renews Emergency Disaster Proclamation
Gov. Rick Perry recently renewed the July 5, 2011 Emergency Disaster Proclamation, certifying exceptional drought conditions in specified counties in [...]
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06, 2014
Possible treatment found for sugarcane aphids
A new sugarcane aphid variety, not the typical yellow sugarcane aphid, is devastating South Texas grain sorghum. Evidence found last [...]