USDA to resume FSA operations, distribute commodity program payments
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced plans to “resume Farm Service Agency core operations” and move forward with distributing commodity program payments to farmers, despite the ongoing government shutdown. “Thursday, USDA will resume Farm [...]
Increased China sales still not on pace
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) this week updated trade data tracking export sales to China. American Farm Bureau Federation [...]
Cherokee CFB pays it forward after Hurricane Laura
By Jennifer Dorsett Field Editor One week after Hurricane Laura blew through Texas, Cherokee County Farm Bureau (CFB) leaders made [...]
Jackson CFB lends a helping hand to those in need
By Jennifer Dorsett Field Editor Jackson County Farm Bureau provided financial support to two local food relief entities and doubled [...]
Colorado County family continues rice farming legacy
By Jennifer Dorsett Field Editor More than half of the world’s population gets most of its nutrition from one tiny, [...]
Bell CFB helps senior citizens through donation
By Jennifer Dorsett Field Editor Along with other Americans, Central Texans have felt far-reaching impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, and [...]
Stronger agricultural exports predicted in FY 2021
By Jennifer Dorsett Field Editor A new report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) forecasts U.S. agricultural exports to [...]
Lamb processing plant in Texas set to reopen soon
By Jennifer Dorsett Field Editor In what many hope will be a much-needed boost to the domestic lamb industry, the [...]
Herbicide-resistant weeds genome list published
By Jennifer Dorsett Field Editor Scientists at the University of Illinois recently published comprehensive genome information for three noxious agricultural [...]