USDA releases conservation funding for farmers
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is releasing the first tranche of funding that was paused due to the review of funding in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). USDA will honor contracts that were [...]
Attract deer all year with combination food plots
Deer season is quickly approaching and now is the time to plant food plots, according to Texas A&M AgriLife Extension [...]
First crop rice harvest wraps up
By Jessica Domel News Editor Texas rice is looking good. Thanks to favorable weather, most rice farmers had finished first [...]
USDA increases farm loan funding
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) announced that it will offer an additional $185 million for [...]
TxDOT works to improve rural roadways
By Jessica Domel News Editor Thanks to voter action and the Texas Legislature, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is [...]
August 2016 ties 1914 for wettest August in Texas
Rain, rain and more rain. It made August 2016 the wettest August in more than a century and equal to [...]
Good recordkeeping vital in agricultural operations
Keeping good records can impact the success of agricultural operations. It can also help significantly when farmers or ranchers are [...]
New bacterial corn disease found in Texas
Researchers are working to learn more about a corn disease that suddenly appeared in nine U.S. states this summer, including [...]
Texan named finalist in USFRA’s Faces of Farming and Ranching
By Julie Tomascik Associate Editor A Texan has been named one of the eight finalists in the third class of [...]