Nominate areas of rural Texas with veterinary shortages
The Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) is accepting nominations for geographic areas of Texas experiencing a shortage of veterinarians that work in food animal medicine, rural private practice or public practice. TAHC should be notified [...]
Rattlesnake awareness promoted at Baylor County meeting
Baylor County youth and other members of the community are invited to a special education and awareness program on rattlesnakes [...]
Farm, ranch safety is no accident
Safety on the farm and ranch is important. Agricultural Safety Awareness Program Week, now in its eighth year, runs from [...]
New tool to aid farmers in understanding big data contracts
The newly formed Agricultural Data Coalition (ADC) will provide farmers with more control of the data collected from tractors, harvesters, [...]
Irrigation improvement assistance available
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA NRCS) program is providing financial assistance for farmers, ranchers and [...]
New Veterinary Feed Directive rules coming soon
Veterinary oversight, prescriptions and a documented veterinary-client-patient relationship highlight changes farmers and ranchers will soon experience when handling medicated feed [...]
Vilsack: CTAP, cost-share could help cotton farmers
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack is exploring ways the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) can help American cotton farmers [...]
Texas conservation council awards $1.4 million in grants
The Texas Farm and Ranch Lands Conservation Council recently approved $1.4 million dollars in conservation easements to help bring more [...]
New vaccine targets cattle fever ticks in Texas
The cattle fever tick, and the disease it carries, has the capability to cripple the Texas cattle industry, if not [...]