TFB’s AgVentures Challenge finalists visit U.S. Capitol
By Emmy Powell Communications Specialist Finalists of Texas Farm Bureau’s (TFB) 2024 AgVentures Challenge: Pitch It, Market It, Sell It state contest recently traveled to Washington, D.C. to meet with elected officials on Capitol [...]
Deadline nears for Census of Agriculture
By Jessica Domel Multimedia Reporter The opportunity for Texas farmers, ranchers and dairymen to be counted is running out. The [...]
China drops investigation, fee on U.S. sorghum
By Jessica Domel Multimedia Reporter Exactly one month after it began charging a 178.6 percent fee on U.S. sorghum, China’s [...]
Legislation would improve support for veteran farmers
By Jessica Domel Multimedia Reporter The U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry has introduced a bill designed to [...]
Deadline extended for Cotton Ginning Cost Share program
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) has extended the deadline to May 31 to sign up [...]
TPPA conference to highlight profitable ag
By Justin Walker Communications Specialist The Texas Plant Planning Association (TPPA) will hold its TPPA 30th Annual Conference Dec. 4-5 [...]
Perdue applauds red tape reduction for farmers
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue applauded the removal of a burdensome regulation that has long plagued family farms. The [...]
Proper dicamba use, cooperation key to preventing future restrictions
By Jessica Domel Multimedia Reporter Despite restrictions on its use in several other states, use of popular herbicide dicamba remains [...]
Wasps, pour-ons, feed-throughs help control flies around livestock
By Jessica Domel Multimedia Reporter If flies are bugging you or your livestock, now is the time to take action. [...]