Homeschool educators explore ag through TFB ag academy
By Shelby Shank Field Editor Texas homeschool educators explored agriculture at a recent workshop with the help of Texas Farm Bureau’s (TFB) Ag in the Classroom program. TFB hosted a Summer Ag Academy for [...]
Senate committee to meet on farm bill
By Jessica Domel Multimedia Reporter The U.S. Senate’s Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Nutrition will reportedly release its draft of [...]
Mid-coast sorghum inundated with rice stink bugs, headworms
By Jessica Domel Multimedia Reporter Farmers along the Texas Coastal Bend are encouraged to scout their grain sorghum for rice [...]
Anthrax confirmed in Jim Hogg County calf
Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) officials confirmed anthrax in one calf on a Jim Hogg County premises on June 1. [...]
Herzog joins TFB Communications team as intern
Texas Farm Bureau welcomes Haley Herzog, of Robinson, Texas, as the summer intern for the Communications division. Herzog is a [...]
Weather creates challenges for Texas Panhandle
By Haley Herzog TFB Communications Intern Severe weather this week left Texas Panhandle farmers facing damages to crops. The spring [...]
Signup open for Livestock Indemnity Program, ELAP
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is now accepting disaster assistance program applications from farmers and ranchers who suffered livestock, [...]
Census of Agriculture due June 15
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is wrapping up data collection for the 2017 Census [...]
Construction on Texas Tech vet school could start in 2019
By Jessica Domel Multimedia Reporter A $69 million pledge from the Amarillo Economic Development Corporation (AEDC) has moved the Texas [...]