New vaccine created to protect cattle from tick-borne disease
By Emmy Powell Communications Specialist Researchers at the University of Missouri are developing a vaccine to protect cattle from anaplasmosis. The vaccine is the first proven to protect cattle from the devastating tick-borne cattle disease. [...]
Next phase of Texas vehicle two-step
Gone are the days of Texas motorists needing to place two stickers on their windshield each year. State officials switched [...]
How to help prevent colic in winter months
With the constantly changing weather, horse owners will want to monitor the water intake of their animals to prevent colic [...]
New cotton leadership announced at national meeting
Mississippi warehouseman Shane Stephens was elected National Cotton Council (NCC) chairman for 2016. The NCC’s annual meeting was held in [...]
CRP sign-up deadline approaches
One of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) most competitive Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) sign-up periods in history is approaching [...]
Meat exports in 2015 suffered with strong U.S. dollar
Numbers are in and the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) reports pork exports dropped by 2 percent and beef exports [...]
U.S. Supreme Court to consider hearing AFBF challenge to Chesapeake Bay plan
The eight remaining U.S. Supreme Court justices will consider Friday whether to hear the American Farm Bureau Federation's (AFBF) challenge [...]
Low prices, aphids weigh on plant decisions
By Jessica Domel News Editor Plows and planters are already rolling across parts of Texas. Although what goes in the [...]
Early voting for primaries begins Tuesday
Voters across Texas will weigh in on which candidates they’d like to see on ballots this November starting Tuesday. Early [...]