USDA issues final 2023, 2024 livestock relief payments
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Farm Service Agency issued final Emergency Livestock Relief Program (ELRP) payments for losses ranchers faced in 2023 and 2024 due to drought, flooding and wildfire. The agency has issued [...]
February is Lamb Lovers Month
By Jennifer Dorsett Field Editor It may be the shortest month of the year, but February holds its own when [...]
New product helps unlock nitrogen for corn crops
By Jennifer Dorsett Field Editor Nitrogen-use efficiency is one piece of the crop input puzzle corn farmers must put together [...]
Feral hog control up for discussion in Texas Legislature
By Jennifer Dorsett Field Editor The feral hog population in Texas has exploded in recent years, with no sign of [...]
Robust US beef exports may trigger Japanese tariffs
By Jennifer Dorsett Field Editor Japan has been importing so much U.S. beef, it may become a case of “too [...]
PVAMU grant helps preserve Black-owned forestland
By Jennifer Dorsett Field Editor In the southeastern U.S., the loss of historic Black family land is endemic. According to [...]
TFB, county Farm Bureaus donate to local communities
By Julie Tomascik Editor The impacts of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic are felt in local communities across the Lone Star [...]
Working group examines NASS report, releases recommendations
By Jennifer Dorsett Field Editor The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) has long been the [...]
China buys U.S. ag products, helps boost market prices
New trade data from the U.S. Census Bureau shows China purchased a potential new record of U.S. agricultural products in [...]