USDA releasing sterile flies along U.S.-Mexico border
By Julie Tomascik Editor Federal and state officials are intensifying efforts to prevent the re-emergence of the New World screwworm (NWS) in the United States by shifting resources closes to the Texas-Mexico border as the [...]
RESTORE Act aims to help Texas ag recover from natural disasters
By Julie Tomascik Editor Two Texas Congressmen this week introduced bipartisan legislation aimed at helping Texas agriculture recover from February’s [...]
Two Texas county Farm Bureaus receive AFBF ag literacy grants
By Jennifer Whitlock Field Editor Two Texas county Farm Bureaus were recently awarded White-Reinhardt mini-grants from the American Farm Bureau [...]
Mystery seed shipments solved, USDA APHIS says
By Jennifer Whitlock Field Editor After a lengthy probe into the thousands of reports from U.S. citizens who received unsolicited [...]
Herbicide-tolerant sorghum, companion herbicide available
By Jennifer Whitlock Field Editor The first herbicide-tolerant sorghum seed, Alta Seeds’ igrowth®, is now ready to hit the U.S. [...]
Winter Storm Uri devastates Texas crops, livestock
By Julie Tomascik and Jennifer Whitlock In February, extreme cold weather devastated agriculture in the Lone Star State. The winter [...]
Texas Farm Bureau launches Student Success Series
To help students put together the pieces of the leadership puzzle, Texas Farm Bureau (TFB) launched three new summer programs [...]
FCC boots up broadband data task force
By Jennifer Whitlock Field Editor A new agency task force to implement “long-overdue” improvements to agency broadband data and mapping [...]
Chronic Wasting Disease found in Lubbock-area deer
By Jessica Domel Multimedia Reporter State wildlife and animal health officials are working to protect Texas deer while also trying [...]