Rosenberg Summer Ag Institute brings agriculture to educators
By Emmy Powell Communications Specialist Texas teachers learned more about agriculture and how they can incorporate agriculture into their classrooms at this year’s second Texas Farm Bureau (TFB) Summer Ag Institute in Rosenberg. This was [...]
Texas Land Trends tracks a changing state
By Gary Joiner TFB Radio Network Manager Is Texas a rural state? Yes. Eighty-three percent of the state’s lands are [...]
AFBF submits NAFTA comments to USTR
The American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) submitted North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) comments to the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) [...]
Gene identified to resist wheat streak mosaic virus
By Shala Watson Multimedia Writer The Texas wheat crop faced another challenging year from reduced acreage, weather events and disease [...]
Details finalized to send U.S. beef to China
By Julie Tomascik Editor American beef could soon be at the center of Chinese plates. According to the U.S. Department [...]
Lab confirms five cases of Canine Influenza Virus in Texas
A highly-contagious respiratory infection that affects dogs has been confirmed in Texas. The Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory (TVMDL) [...]
Good wheat crop hampered by low prices
By Julie Tomascik Editor A good crop, and not so good prices. That’s what many Texas wheat farmers are facing. [...]
Historic TxDOT plan to improve roads
By Jessica Domel Multimedia Editor Over the next decade, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) will invest $70 billion to [...]
Animal Disease Traceability meeting scheduled
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has scheduled an Animal Disease Traceability (ADT) [...]