USDA launches screwworm funding initiative
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced a funding initiative to support projects that strengthen New World screwworm (NWS) prevention, preparedness and response. The New World Screwworm Grand Challenge is part of the agency’s [...]
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 [...]