Reference prices need to be updated in farm bill
As input prices continue to rise and commodity prices decline, farmers rely on the reference prices in the farm safety net to help stay in business when margins get squeezed. “Reference prices play an essential [...]
Speaker Straus meets with Texas Farm Bureau
Eminent domain, water rights and agricultural land valuation and sales tax exemptions were on the agenda when Texas Farm Bureau [...]
New tool being tested to fight citrus greening
A new tool may add to the arsenal of weapons to manage and control the spread of citrus greening, one [...]
Economist doesn’t see repeat of 1980s farm crisis
The economic environment in today’s U.S. farm sector is different and more favorable than those factors experienced during the farm [...]
TPW Commission adopts amended deer movement rules
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission Monday approved an amended set of regulations for artificial movement of deer by permit [...]
4-H vet camp provides hands-on training
By Blair Fannin AgriLife Today Aspiring youth wanting to enter the veterinary animal health profession recently received week-long training that [...]
Cotton Ginning Cost-Share program sign-up starts today
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency (USDA FSA) will provide an estimated $300 million in cost-share assistance payments [...]
Oxygen depletion common in stocked fish ponds
The dog days of summer are here, and a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert says landowners should watch for [...]
Judd: All horses susceptible to strangles
Strangles, which affects the upper respiratory tract, is a serious contagious disease in horses. The disease causes the lymph nodes [...]