Pasture mealybugs pose new threat to Texas hay fields
By Shelby Shank Field Editor Texas farmers and ranchers are facing growing challenges as an unexpected new pest begins damaging hay fields and pastures. “Last spring or the fall before, we noticed some yellow spots [...]
TFB submits comments on labels of cell-cultured products
By Julie Tomascik Editor The state’s largest general farm and ranch organization is requesting the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) [...]
Mexico’s refusal to allow ag biotech harms North American ag
By Jennifer Whitlock Field Editor Since 2018, Mexico has delayed scientific risk assessments of agricultural biotechnology products. Twenty-five agricultural biotech [...]
Texas Farm Bureau names 2022 garden grant recipients
By Julie Tomascik Editor Texas Farm Bureau named the recipients of the Learning From the Ground Up garden grants for [...]
Warmer, drier December weather expected for Texas
By Jennifer Whitlock Field Editor Although most Texans had an exceptionally wet 2020 and great precipitation throughout the 2021 growing [...]
New tech available to protect livestock health
By Jennifer Whitlock Field Editor Ranchers have a new high-tech tool to use when sorting new arrivals, according to Dr. [...]
RMA updates haying, grazing, prevented planting rules
Farmers and ranchers will have more flexibilities next year after the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Risk Management Agency (RMA) [...]
Swarm robotics could help farmers and ranchers
By Jennifer Whitlock Field Editor Look! Up in the sky! It’s a bird. It’s a plane! It’s…a swarm of robots? [...]
TFB announces 2021 Free Enterprise Speech district winners
By Julie Tomascik Editor Eleven students were named district winners and received $1,500 scholarships as part of the Texas Farm [...]