Lawmakers urge fast-track approval of screwworm treatments for livestock
By Julie Tomascik Editor A group of Congressional lawmakers is urging federal agencies to fast-track approvals of anti-parasitic treatments for livestock in response to the growing threat of the New World screwworm (NWS). U.S. Rep. [...]
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 [...]
Texan competes in national Collegiate Discussion Meet
By Julie Tomascik Editor The American Farm Bureau Federation’s Collegiate Discussion Meet looked a little differently this year due to [...]
Save with Texas Farm Bureau member benefits
By Jennifer Dorsett Field Editor Even in these uncertain times, life goes on. Schoolwork still needs to be completed. Work [...]
Report shows tractor, combine sales down in March
Unit sales of agricultural tractors and self-propelled combines in March 2020 fell in the U.S. and Canada, according to the [...]
Vesicular stomatitis detected in Starr County horses
The first cases of vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) this year were confirmed in horses on two Starr County premises on [...]