Applications open for TFB’s 2025 Young Farmer & Rancher contests
By Julie Tomascik Editor The applications for the Texas Farm Bureau (TFB) 2025 Outstanding Young Farmer & Rancher (YF&R) and Excellence in Agriculture (EIA) contests are now open. The annual contests are a way [...]
Summer Ag Institute helps teachers learn about agriculture
By Shelby Shank Field Editor Teachers from across the state learned more about agriculture and cultivated techniques to incorporate agriculture [...]
Texas cotton farmers plant seeds of hope
By Shelby Shank Field Editor Last year’s drought led many cotton farmers to abandon their fields, but Walter Kristinek [...]
Tornadoes rip through Perryton, cause significant damage
By Julie Tomascik Editor Recovery efforts are underway in the Texas Panhandle after tornadoes devastated the rural community of [...]
Farm Bureau submits FMMO proposals to USDA
The American Farm Bureau Federation submitted multiple recommended reforms of Federal Milk Marketing Orders (FMMO) to the U.S. Department of [...]
USDA examining animal-raising claims used on labels
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) plans to reexamine how the agency substantiates animal-raising claims that companies use to market [...]
Egg-citing new program hatched in many East Texas classrooms
By Emmy Powell Communications Specialist County Farm Bureaus in East Texas hatched an idea to bring agriculture to classrooms [...]
Meat prices up, down for grilling season
By Shelby Shank Field Editor Grilling season is underway, and consumers can expect meat prices to be up for [...]
Sheep producers begin recovering from long-lasting drought
By Emmy Powell Communications Specialist The area of the state impacted by drought has decreased for several weeks, and [...]