Flanagan’s ag roots grow through Collegiate Farm Bureau
By Emmy Powell Communications Specialist Ben Flanagan grew up raising livestock, and as a college student, he’s planting his roots deeper into agriculture. He’s the fourth generation on his family’s ranch in Ballinger where they [...]
Texas FFA represented at national convention
More than 60,000 young people, several thousand of them from Texas, are making a difference in agriculture through their energy, [...]
Educational materials help students make farm-to-food connection
The American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture has made available new educational materials to help teachers explain where food comes [...]
Monarch butterfly migration moves across Texas
Recent efforts to help preserve the dwindling Monarch butterfly population are being seen in the Concho Valley. Thousands of the [...]
Ag groups urge food companies to evaluate sustainability goals
The top U.S. farm organizations joined together to urge food companies to evaluate their sustainability goals. The groups sent a [...]
Texas cotton gin installs DNA tagging technology
International markets will pay a premium for U.S. cotton because of its high quality. And one Texas cotton gin has [...]
U.S. lifts Cuban trade restrictions
The prospect of Cuban trade for U.S. food and agriculture communities is expanding. The White House announced new proposals that [...]
EPA issues sulfoxaflor registration with limited uses
By Jessica Domel News Editor American farmers will once again be able to use popular insecticide sulfoxaflor, or Transform WG, [...]
EPA glyphosate review postponed
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) appointed Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP) has postponed its scientific review of glyphosate, the active ingredient [...]