Financial pressures grow for row crop farmers
Row crop farmers in Texas and across the country are facing mounting financial pressures. Rising production costs and falling commodity prices have made it harder for farmers to stay in the black, experts warn. [...]
Ranchers: Be on high alert during pandemic
By Jennifer Dorsett Field Editor The novel coronavirus pandemic has taken cattle markets on a wild ride. Unfortunately, ranchers now [...]
National Ag Day to celebrate farmers, ranchers
Agriculture is food, fiber and fuel. But it’s also a variety of careers—education, communications, food safety and service, science, engineering, [...]
COVID-19 highlights rural broadband need
With schools and offices throughout the country closed to stem the spread of COVID-19, access to rural broadband is critical [...]
USDA service centers are ‘appointment only’
Farmers and ranchers who need to meet with someone at their county U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) service centers will [...]
Agriculture recognized as critical industry
The Trump administration this week named agriculture as a critical industry amid the coronavirus outbreak. This will allow businesses to [...]
Agricultural resources, recipes available online
Looking for recipes or activities for you and your family during social distancing for the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic? Texas Farm [...]
Bill would help timber farmers weather storm losses
A Farm Bureau-backed bill would help timber farmers recover from natural disasters by increasing the amount of financial relief provided [...]
More than 80 Texas counties are disaster areas
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue has designated 83 Texas counties as primary natural disaster areas. Farmers and ranchers who [...]