YF&R Spring Conference empowers young ag leaders
By Shelby Shank Field Editor Understanding retail beef cuts, farm finances and the future of agriculture were among the topics discussed during the Texas Farm Bureau (TFB) Young Farmer & Rancher (YF&R) Spring Conference. The [...]
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 [...]
McCarthy defends EPA on WOTUS, pesticides
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Chief Gina McCarthy put up a stout defense at a House Committee on Agriculture hearing on [...]
President’s proposed budget mixed for agriculture
The president’s proposed budget provides a mixed bag for agriculture, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation. The budget proposal [...]
Cotton growers keep upbeat outlook in desperate times
Though it looks bleak for American cotton growers to get cottonseed listed as an “other oilseed,” cotton-growing groups are not [...]
AgriLife conducts agricultural rate survey
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service is researching the prices that custom agricultural operations charge. Categories that fall in these custom [...]