USDA approves funds to fight New World screwworm
By Julie Tomascik Editor A destructive parasite found in livestock and other warm-blooded animals was identified in November in Mexico. The New World screwworm was found in a cow at an inspection checkpoint in [...]
FARM Assistance program helps farmers, ranchers
By Justin Green Staff Writer Commodity prices are sinking like the sun on a West Texas summer—slowly, but surely. Because [...]
DuPont sales fall 6 percent
A strong U.S. dollar and lower volumes has DuPont Company's sales down 6 percent from a year earlier in the [...]
USDA funds available to fight citrus greening
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced they will invest $22 million to help citrus growers fight Huanglongbing (HLB), commonly [...]
Vilsack attends meeting to talk TPP
U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack met with agricultural ministers from the G-7 group of major industrialized nations to [...]
Boening, Borlaug promote biotechnology benefits
Proponents of biotechnology described the use of genetically modified organisms (GMO) as being about choice, sustainability and making sure all [...]
Lawmakers seek answers from EPA on anti-ag campaign
By Shala Watson TFB Public Relations Intern Late last week, 145 bipartisan lawmakers joined together to seek answers from the [...]
Scrapie case confirmed in Texas Panhandle
Late last week, Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) officials confirmed scrapie in a Hartley County ewe. The ewe was tested [...]
AFBF: WOTUS woes continue
On Thursday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit declined to grant rehearing by the full court on [...]