Applications open for 2025 Family Land Heritage program
Texas farmers and ranchers who have kept their land in continuous agricultural production for at least 100 years can apply to the Family Land Heritage program. The program, which is administered by the Texas Department [...]
Drought conditions mixed across Texas
By Justin Walker Communications Specialist Drought conditions are improving in Northeast Texas and the Coastal Bend, but spreading in the [...]
Farm groups launch campaign to address rural opioid epidemic
As farming communities face mounting challenges with the nation’s opioid epidemic, the nation’s two largest general farm organizations are teaming [...]
Supreme Court to hear Texas v. New Mexico water dispute
By Jessica Domel Multimedia Reporter A decades-old water dispute between Texas, New Mexico and Colorado will be heard before the [...]
Record amount of meat consumption projected for 2018
By Justin Walker Communications Specialist Americans are set to consume more meat than ever before in 2018. According to the [...]
New labels, training for dicamba-tolerant cotton, soybean use
By Jessica Domel Multimedia Reporter Texas farmers and farm workers who plan to use dicamba products in 2018 will now [...]
Uncertainty is the one thing to count on in economic forecast
By Jennifer Dorsett Field Editor Predicting a good or bad year for farming and ranching is a delicate balancing act, [...]
Native seed project expands to East Texas
By Justin Walker Communications Specialist A project focused on collecting seeds from native grass and forbs around the state will [...]
New annexation law protects Texas landowners
By Julie Tomascik Editor Texans who live outside a municipality and are targeted by annexation now have some additional protection. [...]