Scholarship applications open for rural veterinary students
By Emmy Powell Communications Specialist Veterinary students who are going into rural areas are invited to apply for Texas Farm Bureau’s (TFB) Rural Veterinary Scholarship. Every year, fewer veterinary graduates are choosing to go to [...]
AFBF recognizes county Farm Bureau programs
By Julie Tomascik Editor Training efforts and agricultural engagement with young leaders have earned two county Farm Bureaus a trip [...]
TFB members, leaders push for viable guestworker program
By Jessica Domel Multimedia Reporter A bill designed to replace the current H-2A guestworker program for agriculture was voted out [...]
USDA issues payments to Texas farmers
USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) Acting State Executive Director in Texas Erasmo (Eddie) Trevino announced that about 81,000 Texas farms [...]
Great grains cause temporary storage shortage
By Jessica Domel Multimedia Reporter A record corn crop meant harvest and storage delays for some farmers in North and [...]
Is there a solution to Texas’ feral hog problem?
By Julie Tomascik Editor Damaging and destructive—feral hogs continue to wreak havoc on Texas farms and ranches. Conventional methods help [...]
Texas citrus growers fighting theft
By Shala Gean Communications Specialist The Rio Grande Valley citrus crop looks good in both size and quality, according to [...]
Texas cotton gins busy with state’s crop
Texas cotton gins are busy processing the state’s cotton crop, with some gins still dealing with wet modules from Hurricane [...]
Deer hunters reminded of fever tick quarantine zone
By Julie Tomascik Editor Concerns of spreading fever ticks have state officials urging hunters in South Texas to be vigilant [...]