Active hurricane season forecast for 2025
By Emmy Powell Communications Specialist The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is forecasting an above-normal 2025 hurricane season, citing favorable conditions for increased tropical storm development. Weather experts estimate there is a 60% [...]
FSA 2020 county committee elections underway
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) mailed ballots for the Farm Service Agency (FSA) county committee elections to eligible farmers [...]
Locating lost livestock may become easier with drones
By Jennifer Dorsett Field Editor Drones have many applications in agriculture, including helping ranchers locate lost livestock, according to Texas [...]
Texas Supreme Court reaffirms public own state’s white-tailed deer
By Jennifer Dorsett Field Editor The Texas Supreme Court rejected an appeal by deer breeders challenging Texas Parks and Wildlife [...]
Report reaffirms low pesticide residues in U.S. food supply
By Jennifer Dorsett Field Editor A new report shows pesticide residue levels remain low in the U.S. food supply. The [...]
Report examines cattle market issues, solutions
By Julie Tomascik Editor A new report unveiled this fall by the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) provides an in-depth [...]
Lamar CFB contributes to volunteer fire departments
By Jennifer Dorsett Field Editor When Lamar County Farm Bureau (CFB) found itself with some extra funds in the budget [...]
U.S. red meat exports, corn production mutually beneficial
Jennifer Dorsett Field Editor U.S. beef and pork exports and American corn farms mutually benefit from one another, according to [...]
Texas dairies overflowing with growth
By Jennifer Dorsett Field Editor Continued rapid growth in the Texas dairy industry is both a good and bad thing, [...]