Spring 2026 TFB student teaching scholarships open
By Shelby Shank Field Editor College students majoring in agricultural education who are preparing to student teach in spring 2026 can apply for Texas Farm Bureau (TFB) Mia Balko Student Teaching Scholarship. Each semester, TFB [...]
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), [...]
Foot and mouth disease research moves to U.S.
By Julie Tomascik Editor U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue recently authorized the movement of a modified, non-infectious version of [...]