Texas farmers, ranchers lose billions to 2024 weather disasters
By Emmy Powell Communications Specialist For the third year in a row, Texas led the nation with the most significant agricultural losses related to weather. “This isn’t the category Texas wants to take the lead [...]
AgriLife developing tools to help fight crop diseases
Remote sensing technology aids Texas A&M AgriLife researchers in finding new solutions to help treat cotton root rot and other [...]
Hunting, fishing could expand at national wildlife refuges
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to expand hunting and fishing opportunities at 13 national wildlife refuges across [...]
South Korea ban lifted on U.S. poultry
U.S. exporters are able to ship chicken and turkey to South Korea as long as the poultry was processed after [...]
Wheat harvest, research successful in High Plains
By Kay Ledbetter AgriLife Communications After four years of drought, a battle with stripe rust and a hailed-out crop last [...]
Gasoline prices show summer decline
Noticing a drop at the gas pump? Economist Karr Ingham tells the Texas Farm Bureau (TFB) Radio Network that gas [...]
Wildlife population, habitat flourish in far West Texas
Circle Ranch is a 32,000-acre high-desert mountain ranch located in the Sierra Diablo (Devil Mountains) of Hudspeth County in far [...]
AFBF urges support for career and technical education
Career and technical education and post-high school job training and retraining are essential to the economic viability of rural communities. [...]
USDA safety net coverage enrollment ends Aug. 1
Farmers and ranchers who chose coverage from safety net programs—Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC)–have through Aug. [...]