Pecan yields vary across Texas amid weather extremes
By Emmy Powell Communications Specialist Pecan growers across Texas are facing mixed outcomes for the 2024 season as unpredictable weather, including both drought and heavy rainfall, impacted orchards differently throughout the state. Some areas of [...]
Eminent domain hearing focuses on landowners
By Julie Tomascik Associate Editor High stakes negotiations and low-ball offers occur too often during eminent domain proceedings in the [...]
Dr. Judd: Notes for calving season
Spring calving season is in full swing, and identification and prevention are key to a successful season. “If you have [...]
Farm Bureau leaders on Capitol Hill
By Justin Green Staff Writer More than 150 Texas farmers and ranchers are in Washington, D.C. as part of Texas [...]
Low commodity prices bring high level of government support
U.S. farmers will likely receive the highest government aid in a decade due to the surplus of crops accompanied by [...]
New peanut variety released
Lariat, a new peanut variety, could be the final development to push 100 percent high oleic production in the Southwest. [...]
Emergency request granted to help farmers battle sugarcane aphids
By Jessica Domel News Editor There’s good news for grain sorghum growers across Texas. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has [...]
Controversial anti-ag billboards taken down
Two anti-agriculture billboards in Washington state have been voluntarily removed after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a statement saying [...]
U.S. rice production dropped 13 percent in 2015
Smaller plantings and a lower average yield were factors that led to a 13 percent decline in U.S. rice production [...]