Farm groups ask EPA to grant existing stocks order for dicamba
By Julie Tomascik Editor Farm groups are urging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to allow farmers to use existing stocks of dicamba for the upcoming planting season after a federal court order vacated the registration [...]
USDA designates Texas counties as disaster areas
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has designated a number of Texas counties as primary natural disaster areas due to [...]
Ranchers face unsettled markets
By Julie Tomascik Associate Editor Highs and lows—in weather and prices—have left Texas ranchers facing an unsettled market. In a [...]
Big data brings new rewards, new risks
WASHINGTON, D.C., October 28, 2015–Farmers and ranchers see tremendous benefits with technology, but can't turn a blind eye to the [...]
AgriLife offers guide to livestock guardian dogs
“Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed [...]
New proposed budget agreement
It was a close shave on Capitol Hill this week. Crop insurance was being cut in the new budget agreement, [...]
El Niño could bring November rains to Texas
By Jessica Domel Field Editor Although much of Texas received some much-needed rainfall in the past week, the state could [...]
Legislative deal to prevent crop insurance cuts
Federally-backed crop insurance programs appear to have been saved from the chopping block. According to Politico, Republican leaders have made [...]
Cow-calf grazing practices could determine, mitigate greenhouse gas emissions
By Kay Ledbetter Texas A&M AgriLife Reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the Southern Great Plains could require a change of [...]