Young farmers, ranchers donate pork to local organization
By Shelby Shank Field Editor The Texas Farm Bureau (TFB) Young Farmer & Rancher (YF&R) Advisory Committee donated 186 pounds of pork to Calhoun County Community Ministries through TFB’s Farmers Feeding Families program. The program [...]
Texas ranch honored for stewardship excellence
By Gary Joiner TFB Radio Network Manager Deborah Clark says Eastern gamagrass—the queen of the prairie grasses—is her pride and [...]
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 [...]