Applications open for TFB’s 2025 Young Farmer & Rancher contests
By Julie Tomascik Editor The applications for the Texas Farm Bureau (TFB) 2025 Outstanding Young Farmer & Rancher (YF&R) and Excellence in Agriculture (EIA) contests are now open. The annual contests are a way [...]
Summer teacher workshops to focus on agriculture
By Julie Tomascik Editor The school year is over, and the classrooms are quiet. But there’s more to learn for [...]
Ag teachers learn to change dialogue about agriculture
By Shala Watson Multimedia Writer Less than 2 percent of the U.S. population is made up of farm and ranch [...]
Texas watermelon crop looks good
According to most reports, the watermelon crop across the state is faring well. Dr. Larry Stein, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension [...]
New development could help control bacterial blight in cotton
A devastating disease that wiped out thousands of acres of cotton annually is back. And it’s affecting cotton that was [...]
Three named to interim leadership positions at USDA
Just days after announcing the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will likely have to wait until September to fill several [...]
Amazon to acquire Whole Foods
Online heavyweight Amazon.com is entering the brick and mortar sector. The company announced Friday a $13.7 billion deal to acquire [...]
Dow-DuPont merger gets conditional U.S. approval
Dow Chemical Co. and DuPont have won U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) approval to merge on the condition that the [...]
Get to know your range plants
By Gary Joiner TFB Radio Network Manager Knowing your plants is important for any type of range management. But where [...]