Report highlights food, ag as economic drivers
By Emmy Powell Communications Specialist The U.S. food and agriculture sectors continue to drive the nation’s economy, supporting jobs, wages and economic output across every state—including Texas. According to the 2025 Feeding the Economy report, [...]
Texas Beef Council connects with consumers
By Jessica Domel Multimedia Reporter While Texans shelter at home during the coronavirus pandemic, the Texas Beef Council is reaching [...]
Ongoing disaster assistance program signup
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has started making payments through the Wildfire and Hurricane Indemnity Program–Plus (WHIP+) to farmers [...]
Global pandemic plows through Texas agriculture
By Jennifer Dorsett Field Editor The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has altered every aspect of the American economy, including agriculture. Volatile [...]
More Texas Panhandle farmers turning to wheatlage
By Jennifer Dorsett Field Editor In the Texas Panhandle region of the High Plains, wheat farmers have more than one [...]
SBA’s EIDL loans available to ag businesses
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced today that agricultural businesses are now eligible for SBA’s Economic Injury Disaster Loan [...]
Corn prices drop from COVID-19
By Jennifer Dorsett Field Editor An analysis commissioned by the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) shows cash corn prices have [...]
AgriLife plastics in cotton webinar set for May 6
By Jennifer Dorsett Field Editor Texas-grown cotton is known as some of the finest in the world, but foreign matter [...]
COVID-19 causes meat processing capacity to fall sharply
During the past few months, several American meat processing facilities have shut down because workers became infected with coronavirus. Worker [...]