Texas Farm Bureau names 2024-25 garden grant recipients
By Shelby Shank Field Editor Texas Farm Bureau (TFB) named the recipients of the Learning From the Ground Up garden grants for 2024-2025. Thirty-nine grants, totaling $19,500, were awarded to schools and educational programs across [...]
AFBF, national ag organizations oppose GIPSA
By Julie Tomascik Editor The American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF), along with numerous other national commodity organizations, requested the U.S. [...]
Texas citrus gaining new markets
By Shala Watson Multimedia Writer Citrus growers in the Rio Grande Valley are winding down a successful harvest season. An [...]
Senate Ag Committee approves Perdue
Former Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue is one step closer to becoming agriculture secretary. The Senate Agriculture Committee voted on Thursday [...]
EPA declines to ban chlorpyrifos
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt signed an order denying a petition that sought to ban chlorpyrifos, [...]
Eminent domain at heart of high-speed rail battles
By Julie Tomascik Editor Will a high-speed collision head straight for 10 counties in rural Texas? The controversial 240-mile bullet [...]
Keeping landowners on the right side of the fence
Hundreds of miles of fence run through the Lone Star State, and questions surround those boundary strands. Who’s liable if [...]
TFB members take on Washington, D.C.
By Jessica Domel Multimedia Editor The voices of Texas farmers, ranchers and small business owners are being heard in Washington, [...]
Judge approves settlement to protect farmers’ privacy
The American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) and the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) closed the final chapter of their lawsuit [...]