USDA plans to purchase U.S. commodities for Food for Peace
By Shelby Shank Field Editor The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) plans to distribute more than 200,000 tons of international food aid with purchases of U.S.-grown commodities through the Food for Peace program by March. [...]
Support Texas Agricultural Land Trust in today’s Big Give
The Texas Agricultural Land Trust (TALT), the only land trust in Texas solely focused on the conservation of working lands, [...]
AgriLife Extension to unveil new peanut sheller
By Jennifer Whitlock Field Editor Texas A&M AgriLife and Texas Peanut Producers will unveil a new precision peanut sheller later [...]
Family farmers continue climate-smart farming practices
By Julie Tomascik Editor Agriculture has a strong history of sustainability and doing more with less. And in the Texas [...]
AFBF asks USDA to help farmers affected by border crisis
By Jennifer Whitlock Field Editor As a crowd of more than 10,000 migrants overwhelms officials and residents in Del Rio, [...]
Students can apply for Free Enterprise Speech Contest
Students interested in gaining communication skills, learning more about the U.S. government and potentially earning scholarship money are encouraged to [...]
Central Texas couple balances farming, family life
By Jennifer Whitlock Field Editor It’s been a great year for many corn farmers in Central Texas. Some, like McLennan [...]
Feeding Minds Press releases ‘Barn at Night’ children’s book
A new children’s book is now available for families searching for a captivating agriculture story to share. Barn at Night, [...]
National program helps grow rural communities through nonprofits
By Julie Tomascik Editor Texas farmers and ranchers have the opportunity to donate funds to a local nonprofit of their [...]