Students take virtual tour of dairy farm through TFB program
By Emmy Powell Communications Specialist Texas students virtually toured a modern dairy farm during a recent Farm From School visit. During the November session, students met Ellie Cnossen, a third-generation farmer who raises dairy cattle [...]
Texas leads nation in enrolled Conservation Reserve Program acres
By Jennifer Dorsett Field Editor The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) offered a general Conservation Reserve [...]
Young Texas farmers purchase self-propelled baler
By Jennifer Dorsett Field Editor A self-propelled baler is how a young Texas couple hopes to help keep their operation [...]
Texas hunting, fishing dates released for 2020-21
By Jennifer Dorsett Field Editor The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission approved changes to the 2020-21 Texas hunting and fishing [...]
USDA issues first CFAP payments to farmers
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) approved more than [...]
Court vacates three dicamba registrations
By Jennifer Dorsett Field Editor The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals pulled the registration of three dicamba herbicides after [...]
Legislative fix brings flexibility to PPP
Changes recently passed by the House and Senate to the Small Business Administration’s Paycheck (SBA) Protection Program (PPP) offers farmers [...]
Peanut butter popularity spreads during COVID-19
By Jennifer Dorsett Field Editor Peanut butter, a common American food, has seen sales increase since the start of the [...]
Central Texas crops pummeled by hail, storms
By Jennifer Dorsett Field Editor Storms rolled through Central Texas in late May, bringing heavy rain, strong wind gusts, flooding [...]