USDA releases 2025 cash rents for Texas cropland, pastureland
By Julie Tomascik Editor Cash rents in Texas for pastureland and irrigated and non-irrigated cropland showed slight changes from last year, according to the new rental rates report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture [...]
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 [...]
USDA resumes continuous CRP enrollment
As part of a 33-year effort to protect sensitive lands and improve water quality and wildlife habitat on private lands, [...]
U.S. tariffs prompt trade threats from EU, Canada, Mexico
By Jessica Domel Multimedia Reporter Canada, Mexico and the European Union (EU) are threatening new tariffs on American exports following [...]
USDA, Texas A&M partner to get veterans ag loans
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced a partnership between the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Texas A&M’s AgriLife [...]
Corn farmers have options in Syngenta settlement
By Jessica Domel Multimedia Reporter Inaction could cost corn farmers their part of a $1.51 billion settlement. Notices are being [...]
Sheep, goat demand on the rise
By Justin Walker Communications Specialist The market for sheep and goat meat, wool and mohair continues to grow, according to [...]