PETA’s recent video scores two bloopers
It’s big news when People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) releases one of their “caught on tape” videos [...]
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08, 2014
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08, 2014
USDA updates ground beef tracking procedures
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) declared new procedures to speed up tracing the [...]
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08, 2014
FDA updates animal antibiotics policy
Veterinarians attending the recent Academy of Veterinary Consultants conference were updated on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Center [...]
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08, 2014
TWDB funds water projects in Brazoria, Palo Pinto and Webb counties
The Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) approved $26,980,000 in improvement projects for a water system and a water treatment plant [...]
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08, 2014
Rio Grande Valley cotton harvest improves
Cotton harvest is underway in the Rio Grande Valley (RGV) and is rivaling last year’s yields. Only 60,000 acres of [...]
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08, 2014
USDA six-month progress report on Farm Bill
An update from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) was issued recently on progress implementing programs authorized under the 2014 [...]
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08, 2014
Mounted first-response team makes ready
Moved by the stories told by Texas ranchers after Hurricane Ike of their devastating loss and misplaced animals, Dr. Dee [...]
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08, 2014
Irrigation auditing from the field in ‘the cloud’
A recently launched website allows the audit of irrigation systems using cloud-based software anywhere web access is available—including out in [...]
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08, 2014
AgriLife offers riparian restoration publication
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service’s new publication, Riparian Restoration on Farms and Ranches in Texas, is now available either in [...]
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08, 2014
Wetlands recycle wastewater into drinking water
Man-made wetlands between Dallas and Houston use nature to turn wastewater into high-quality, reliable drinking water. The water runs through [...]