TFB garden grants available to homeschool classrooms
By Shelby Shank Field Editor Homeschool educators can cultivate an interest in agriculture for students through garden grants offered by Texas Farm Bureau (TFB). The organization’s Homeschool Garden Grant Program helps students understand the source [...]
Rio Grande Valley citrus damaged by freezing weather
By Jennifer Dorsett Field Editor The extreme cold blanketing the entire state of Texas will have disastrous effects on the [...]
Experience, preparation ensure dairies prepared for winter weather
By Jessica Domel Multimedia Reporter The winter weather may have caught a few Texans off-guard this week, but for farmers, [...]
Congress presses to keep sheep, goat import rule
By Jennifer Dorsett Field Editor A U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) proposal to withdraw existing bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) import [...]
Stocker cattle sector is dynamic, wildly varied
By Jennifer Dorsett Field Editor Stocker and backgrounding operations play a big role in delivering quality U.S. beef at affordable [...]
Ag makes gains in greenhouse gas emission reductions
New analysis of EPA data highlights agricultural greenhouse gas emissions reductions and the importance of developing new research and technologies [...]
Axis deer management project underway in Hill Country
By Jennifer Dorsett Field Editor Axis deer are an exotic game species first introduced in the Texas Hill Country in [...]
March 15 last day to enroll in ARC, PLC for 2021
Farmers and ranchers who have not yet enrolled in the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) or Price Loss Coverage (PLC) programs [...]
Bill would more than double CCC’s borrowing limit
New legislation would give a much-needed boost to the Commodity Credit Corporation’s (CCC) annual borrowing limit, providing the U.S. Department [...]