Tool updated to help ranchers evaluate cattle performance
A database that helps ranchers with data collection and analysis on cattle performance is getting a facelift. Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Services is leading the effort to modernize the Beef Cow-Calf Standard Performance Analysis (SPA) with [...]
Apply for 2021 Young Farmer & Rancher Contests by Aug. 2
The applications for the Texas Farm Bureau (TFB) 2021 Outstanding Young Farmer & Rancher (OYF&R) and Excellence in Agriculture (EIA) [...]
AgLead-FarmLead tours Southeast Texas agriculture
By Jennifer Whitlock Field Editor Members of the Texas Farm Bureau (TFB) 2019-2020 AgLead-FarmLead program recently spent a week touring [...]
CWD discovered at two Texas deer breeding facilities
By Jennifer Whitlock Field Editor Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) was confirmed in two white-tailed deer from breeding facilities in Matagorda [...]
Texas farmer discusses drought impacts with members of Congress
By Julie Tomascik Editor Although rains have fallen across the Lone Star State this week, drought is a word Texans [...]
USDA to host livestock mandatory reporting webinars
By Julie Tomascik Editor The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will host a series of three live educational webinars about [...]
Report highlights need for more agricultural research
Stagnant public funding for agricultural research is threatening the future vitality of U.S. food systems—posing risks to farmer productivity and [...]
Federal appeals court upholds Roundup verdict
By Jennifer Whitlock Field Editor The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit upheld a district court’s judgement and [...]
McCulloch County Farm Bureau hosts Food Connection event
By Jennifer Whitlock Field Editor Food is a topic many Texans are hungry to learn more about. To help do [...]