Just-In Traps recognized in Ag Innovation Challenge
By Emmy Powell Communications Specialist A Texas agricultural startup placed in the top 10 semi-finalists of the 2025 Farm Bureau Ag Innovation Challenge. The company’s autonomous feral hog trap helped the entrepreneurs place in the [...]
Ag/timber sales tax exemption registration expires Dec. 31
By Brant Wilbourn TFB Associate Director of Commodity and Regulatory Activities A valid agricultural and timber registration number is required [...]
Trans-Pacific Partnership talks conclude
After years of negotiations, the United States and 11 Pacific Rim nations have concluded negotiations for what could be the [...]
4-H Grows Here: Celebrating National 4-H Week
This week, 4-H members from across the nation are celebrating their organization. The theme for this year’s National 4-H Week [...]
Federal government funded through Dec. 11
The Senate has passed H.R. 719, a short-term Continuing Resolution (CR), by a vote of 78-20. The CR will fund [...]
Is it a good time to buy?
Last year, higher than normal land prices were fueled by gains in crop and livestock markets. But that’s changed in [...]
Tax relief extended for drought-stricken livestock producers
Farmers and ranchers in disaster areas who are forced to sell breeding livestock (except poultry) because of drought are not [...]
West Texas peanuts looking good
A wet and relatively mild summer has greatly helped the peanut crop in West Texas. Seminole farmer Greg Hughes tells [...]
Texas Beef checkoff unveils new consumer website
AUSTIN, TX – Txbeef.org has a fresh new look, complete with eye-catching food photography, mouth-watering recipes and a section dedicated [...]