Texas students learn about crawfish through Farm From School
By Emmy Powell Communications Specialist Texas students learned about crawfish through Texas Farm Bureau’s (TFB) Farm From School program in April. Kindergarten through fifth-grade students across Texas virtually “meet” with a farmer or rancher [...]
Optimistic outlook for milk markets
By Landee Kieschnick TFB Communications Intern Legislators in Washington will soon begin discussions on the 2018 Farm Bill. Dairy farmers [...]
AgrAbility program launches to help veterans
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension is offering a new program to help military veterans interested in becoming farmers and ranchers. Texas [...]
Farmers, ranchers make capitol connections
By Julie Tomascik Editor The Texas Legislature is back in session, but what happens in Austin doesn’t just stay in [...]
Bacon shortage? Not really.
By Jessica Domel Multimedia Editor Despite news reports to the contrary, there’s no shortage of bacon in the United States. [...]
Drought increases in Valley, lower Coastal Bend
By Jessica Domel Multimedia Editor There’s mixed news for Texans in this week’s Water Weekly report from the Texas Water [...]
Supreme Court nominee to hear environmental issues, if approved
The ninth, and empty, seat on the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) may soon be filled if President Donald Trump has [...]
U.S. beef herd continues to expand
A pair of new reports from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reveals an expanding beef cattle market in the [...]
U.S. sheep, goat numbers decline
A new report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reveals fewer sheep and goats this year. “We are now [...]