Rosenberg Summer Ag Institute brings agriculture to educators
By Emmy Powell Communications Specialist Texas teachers learned more about agriculture and how they can incorporate agriculture into their classrooms at this year’s second Texas Farm Bureau (TFB) Summer Ag Institute in Rosenberg. This was [...]
Drought, heat adds challenges for ranchers, livestock
By Haley Herzog TFB Communications Intern Extreme dry weather and high temperatures have Texas ranchers facing tough decisions, including whether [...]
Ag teachers prep for new school year
By Julie Tomascik Editor Texas agricultural science teachers gear up for another school year as their annual professional development conference [...]
AgriLife Research develops multi-purpose cowpea variety
By Justin Walker Communications Specialist Texas A&M AgriLife researchers have developed a new variety of cowpea that can assist farmers [...]
Farmer, landowner workshop set for Sept. 5-6
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), in partnership with Minority Landowner Magazine, will host a [...]
Drought assistance applications available for 128 counties
Drought assistance applications are available for farmers and ranchers impacted by ongoing drought conditions in 128 of Texas’ 254 counties, [...]
U.S. pork welcomed in Argentina
By Justin Walker Communications Specialist U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue celebrated the reintroduction of American pork products to the [...]
Family peach orchard blooms in Fredericksburg
By Justin Walker Communications Specialist Agriculture is often a family affair. Farms and ranches are passed from generation to generation, [...]
USDA opens election period for seed cotton program
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that farmers, who want to participate in the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and [...]