USDA updates LRP to give ranchers more flexibility
Livestock producers now have more flexibility under recent updates to the Livestock Risk Protection (LRP) program. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Risk Management Agency outlined changes beginning with the 2026 crop year and succeeding crop [...]
Farm Bureau mental health outreach on RFD-TV
Long before COVID-19 gripped the U.S., farmers and ranchers were struggling. Several years of falling commodity prices, natural disasters and [...]
Another $1 billion for Farmers to Families Food Box
President Donald J. Trump and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced up to an additional $1 billion for the [...]
China makes record U.S. sorghum purchases
By Jennifer Dorsett Field Editor During the first week of August, China purchased a record 32 million bushels of U.S. [...]
Water well owners prepare for flood contamination
By Jennifer Dorsett Field Editor As Hurricane Laura makes her way across the Gulf of Mexico, property owners in the [...]
Drought intensifies, triggers CRP emergency grazing
By Jennifer Dorsett Field Editor It’s been a hot, dry summer across Texas. The latest U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) [...]
Trump approves Texas emergency declaration ahead of storms
President Donald J. Trump declared that an emergency exists in the state of Texas and ordered federal assistance to supplement [...]
Student receives grant to research armyworms
By Jennifer Dorsett Field Editor Armyworms can devastate crops, hayfields and pastures, but a Texas A&M University graduate student is [...]
Young farmer uses drones to help other farmers
By Jennifer Dorsett Field Editor Drones are often seen as fun to fly and useful for checking crops, but one [...]