USDA extends deadline for emergency assistance
Farmers and ranchers have an additional two weeks to enroll in the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees and Farm-Raised Fish [...]
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08, 2014
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08, 2014
OSHA clarifies rules for small farm exemption
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has clarified confusing language of their 2011 small farm exemption memo. Under the [...]
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07, 2014
Gluten-free sorghum: ‘Camel of crops’
American consumers are becoming more aware of grain sorghum, a healthy, gluten-free, low-glycemic, ancient grain, but what most consumers may [...]
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07, 2014
Chaff cart concept to slash herbicide-resistant weeds
Australian farmers have been fighting herbicide-resistant weeds possibly longer than farmers here in the United States, and they have developed [...]
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07, 2014
AgriLife expert urges farmers to initially sign up for SCO insurance option
Dr. Joe Outlaw, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service (AgriLife) economist and co-director of the Agricultural and Food Policy Center at [...]
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07, 2014
NASA sponsors AgriLife research of drought-stricken trees
Texas A&M AgriLife Research (AgriLife) scientists, backed by NASA, will study drought-stricken trees in Texas to determine process of decay [...]
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07, 2014
Sugarcane aphids discovered in Concho Valley
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service (AgriLife) warns Concho Valley grain sorghum growers to monitor crops for sugarcane aphids. The pests [...]
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07, 2014
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
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 [...]