National beef checkoff to invest $38 million in beef programs
About $38 million will be invested in 2025 into programs of beef promotion, research, consumer information, industry information, foreign marketing and producer communications through the national beef checkoff. The activities funded are subject to [...]
TFB sets state, federal legislative priorities
By Jennifer Dorsett Field Editor Eminent domain will be front and center as Texas Farm Bureau (TFB) tackles the 86th [...]
TFB awards student teaching scholarships
By Jennifer Dorsett Field Editor The final step on the journey to becoming agricultural science teachers just became a little [...]
Texas university, insurer team up for rural health
By Jessica Domel Multimedia Reporter Rural hospitals and clinics across Texas are closing at an alarming rate, taking with them [...]
Farm bill passage legalizes hemp production
By Jessica Domel Multimedia Reporter It’s drought hardy, cleans the soil and can be sold into a variety of markets. [...]
Senate Ag Committee chair Roberts announces retirement
By Jennifer Dorsett Field Editor Agriculture will lose a longtime leader next year when the only lawmaker to chair both [...]
Could Texas see a drought-free start to planting?
By Jennifer Dorsett Field Editor With last year’s unpredictable weather still fresh on their minds, Texas farmers and ranchers are [...]
Planet Agriculture at a fair near you
Each year, millions of people attend livestock shows and rodeos across the state of Texas. Planet Agriculture, Texas Farm Bureau’s [...]
Export expansion a success in 2018
By Justin Walker Communications Specialist The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) had a successful 2018 in terms of export expansion. [...]