Texas A&M sophomore competes in AFBF Collegiate Discussion Meet
By Emmy Powell Communications Specialist College students from across the nation competed in American Farm Bureau Federation’s (AFBF) Collegiate Discussion Meet in early March. Texas Farm Bureau was represented by David Kendrick, a sophomore at [...]
Weather benefits, hurts Texas agriculture
The story for Texas? Spring rains, and the good, bad and ugly that they bring. Recent rains caused flooding 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 [...]