Entrepreneurs can take home $100K in Ag Innovation Challenge
U.S. startup companies developing innovative solutions to challenges faced by farmers, ranchers and rural communities can apply for startup funds through the 2026 Farm Bureau Ag Innovation Challenge. The contest, now in its 12th year, [...]
Bagrada bug detected in South Central Texas
The Bagrada bug, an invasive stink bug, has been detected in South Central Texas. Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service entomologist [...]
New business helps hunters transition from lost deer lease
The personal experience of having to suddenly leave a deer lease prompted two Texas hunters to create a new company [...]
TSSWCB announces 2017 Conservation Award winners
The Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board (TSSWCB) and the Association of Texas Soil and Water Conservation Districts (ATSWCD) [...]
EPA extends farmworker protection standard deadline
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will extend the deadline to meet requirements of its new farmworker protection standard (WPS) until [...]
Equipment sales show optimism
Agricultural equipment sales have increased for six straight months, according to Creighton University’s Rural Mainstreet Index. A recent report from [...]
Protect yourself against sun exposure
By Gary Joiner TFB Radio Network Manager Long workdays spent outside put farmers and ranchers at risk. One danger they [...]
Wildfire preparedness workshop set for June 22
Texas Panhandle landowners are invited to attend a workshop designed to help better prepare for wildfires. The one-day Wildfire Preparedness [...]
‘Pink slime’ lawsuit begins in South Dakota
The billion-dollar defamation suit against ABC over its coverage of lean, finely textured beef, or “pink slime” as ABC called [...]