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Heat, drought impacts Texas pumpkin yields

By Shelby Shank Field Editor Texas pumpkin yields are well below average due to excessive heat and drought experienced this summer. This year’s pumpkin yields for Floyd County, the Pumpkin Capital of Texas, are [...]

Global food prices lowest in 5 years

Global food prices are the lowest in five years, reports The Des Moines Register. The United Nations (U.N.) Food and [...]

Vietnam rids age restrictions on U.S. beef imports

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) recently announced that Vietnam has removed all [...]

Irrigation classes set for April, El Paso

Texas A&M School of Irrigation, in cooperation with El Paso Water Utilities and Texas A&M AgriLife Extension (AgriLife), will conduct [...]

RGV preventive sugarcane aphid conference set for April 14, Weslaco

Experts say South Texas grain sorghum growers could be in for a rough year controlling pests and would benefit from [...]

AFBF surveys young farmers, ranchers

Finding and securing adequate land to grow crops and raise animals was once again the top challenge identified in the [...]

Grain storage safety conference set for April 22, Sinton

The Coastal Bend Grain Storage and Handlers Safety Conference will be held April 22 in Sinton, according to AgriLife Today. [...]

Dietary guidelines comment period extended to May 8

The 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee submitted the Scientific Report of the 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee to the Secretaries [...]

Texas-Tulips is first tulip field in Texas

Texas now has its first tulip field right outside of Denton in Pilot Point. Pieter and Petra Koeman, who are [...]

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