Doorways to Agriculture reaches 31,000 students, teachers
By Shelby Shank Field Editor Texas Farm Bureau’s (TFB) Doorways to Agriculture exhibit made learning about agriculture fun and engaging for over 31,000 students and teachers who visited major livestock shows this spring. The [...]
New guar plant to open soon
A new multi-million dollar guar plant will open its doors in the Texas Panhandle later this month. Guar Resources, LLC’s [...]
Operation Game Thief targets poaching, wildlife crimes
Operation Game Thief (OGT) is counting on you to call. Since the program’s creation in 1981, more than 28,000 calls [...]
Nitrate toxicity in summer forage a concern
Ranchers should take extra caution with their cattle grazing in hot, dry weather. The combination can trigger deadly accumulations of [...]
China to push for biotech corn, soybeans
The Chinese government this week posted its five-year plan for science and technology and, for the first time ever, outlined [...]
CME Group takes measures to improve cattle futures
CME Group recently announced new changes to help further stabilize the cattle futures market. The new measures are a collaboration [...]
Commodity estimates could fall short of survey predictions
As farmers continue to harvest, yield estimates could fall short of U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) survey predictions, according to [...]
Meat consumption on the rise
Americans are once again eating more meat. Falling prices have brought many back to the table, according to Progressive Farmer, [...]
Sanderson Farms defends antibiotic use
The poultry industry has seen a shift to cage-free and raised without antibiotics. But one major poultry processor is standing [...]