USDA continues efforts to reopen ports, combat NWS
By Jessica Domel Multimedia Reporter The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) continues to monitor the spread of the New World screwworm in Mexico as southern ports of entry remain closed to live cattle, bison [...]
TAHC merges portions of Central, East regions
Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) will merge Central and East regions on June 1. The office consolidation of Region 2 [...]
Company tests driverless tractors on large, small farms
By Jessica Domel Multimedia Reporter Long days behind the controls of a tractor or combine could become a thing of [...]
Landowners, groups work to prevent Monarch listing
By Jessica Domel Multimedia Reporter As a critical stop on the Monarch butterfly’s migration route to and from Mexico each [...]
USDA releases final cotton numbers, wheat forecast
By Jessica Domel Multimedia Reporter Despite not being included in farm bill safety net coverage like other commodities in 2017, [...]
Mother Nature helping, hurting Texas dairy industry
By Jessica Domel Multimedia Reporter Texas dairy farms produced more milk in the first quarter of this year, but a [...]
Perdue names FSA administrator
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced last week the appointment of Richard Fordyce to serve as administrator of the [...]
Updates proposed to branding for cattle from Mexico
The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is accepting comments on its proposal [...]
Equine disease confirmed in Lubbock County horse
Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) officials confirmed Equine Herpes Myeloencephalopathy (EHM), the neurologic disease linked to Equine Herpes Virus (EHV-1), [...]