Texas farmers, ranchers lose billions to 2024 weather disasters
By Emmy Powell Communications Specialist For the third year in a row, Texas led the nation with the most significant agricultural losses related to weather. “This isn’t the category Texas wants to take the lead [...]
Deflation changes meat purchase habits
Despite years of increasing prices in a volume-challenged marketplace, deflation is overwhelmingly changing meat purchase intents yet again, according to [...]
Vegetable harvest underway in Lower Rio Grande Valley
Vegetable growers across most of South Texas are hoping the unseasonably-warm winter will remain now that planting has begun to [...]
Ag commissioner approves new measure for wild pig control
Texas farmers and ranchers are losing ground to wild pigs. A new measure recently approved by Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid [...]
AFBF joins groups in support of farm bill funding
Reduced spending under the 2014 Farm Bill contributed greatly to the nation’s deficit reduction effort. But additional cuts to the [...]
Iconic ag landmark in Lubbock to be renovated
By Landee Kieschnick TFB Communications Intern At the heart of the campus sits an iconic landmark rooted in Texas Tech [...]
Cattle fever ticks a growing concern
By Julie Tomascik Editor The cattle fever tick, and the disease it carries, has the capability to cripple the Texas [...]
Texas Rural Challenge spotlights economic development
By Landee Kieschnick TFB Communications Intern An opportunity to spur rural economic development and encourage rural entrepreneurship in youth and [...]
Monarch butterfly populations down
Farmers, landowners, conservationists and citizen groups are making steady progress promoting the conservation of monarch butterflies and expanding habitat. A [...]