USDA launches crop disaster relief program for 2023-24 losses
Farmers who suffered losses to their crops due to natural disasters in 2023 and 2024 can begin applying for$16 billion in disaster aid payments through the Supplemental Disaster Relief Program (SDRP). The program, which was [...]
CoBank releases 2018 rural economy outlook report
By Justin Walker Communications Specialist The national cooperative bank, CoBank, released “The Year Ahead: Forces that will shape the U.S. [...]
Texas Ag Forum to feature farm bill discussions
The 2018 Farm Bill is on the minds of farmers and ranchers. The agricultural policy and political considerations for the [...]
JBS to sell Five Rivers Cattle Feeding
By Justin Walker Communications Specialist Two Texas feedyards are among the assets a leading global food company plans to sell. [...]
Fueled by grain sorghum
By Jessica Domel Multimedia Reporter We could be just months away from grain sorghum-fueled trucks, jets and heaters. The Environmental [...]
FSIS announces proposed changes to egg product inspections
By Justin Walker Communications Specialist The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced a proposed [...]
WHO cancer agency denies wrongdoing in glyphosate inquiry
By Jessica Domel Multimedia Reporter More than a month after a congressional committee threatened to cut its funding, the World [...]
TCIA issues winter tree, shrub care tips
By Justin Walker Communications Specialist The Tree Care Industry Association (TCIA) released guidelines to help trees and shrubs survive the [...]
Purple Plow challenge runs through May 1
Growing Your Community is the American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture’s latest Purple Plow challenge. The interactive challenge, which runs [...]