Potential changes to turkey hunting regulations
By Jessica Domel Multimedia Reporter Texas turkey hunters may see a few regulation changes in the 2024-2025 hunting season. In early November, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) staff previewed potential regulation changes for [...]
Texas dairies reuse water as conservation tactic
Texas dairymen know it takes water to make milk and dairies are searching for ways to use less water, similar [...]
More than $18 million in grants for next generation farmers, ranchers
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has set aside more than $18 million in grants to educate, mentor and enhance [...]
EPA grants 2015 exemption of Topguard for Texas cotton
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has granted a Section 18 emergency use exemption to Texas for the use of [...]
Tarp may have smothered zebra mussels at Lake Waco
City of Waco and Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) officials trying to safeguard Lake Waco against the zebra mussel [...]
TPWD proposes regulations change: turkey, bass, gar and commercial crab and finfish
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) is considering changes to regulations for 2015 and seeking public comments. The first [...]
Could farm program payments surpass farm bill’s projections?
Falling crop prices are going against Congress’ assumptions of the 2014 Farm Bill’s programs, even before farmers and ranchers have [...]
FibreLux: a field-friendly compact wool measurement tool
A team of Texas A&M AgriLife Research (AgriLife) scientists is evaluating the new FibreLux—a field-friendly, reasonably priced fiber measurement tool—and [...]
AgriLife warns of farm programs sign-up deadlines, offers decision aid help
Farmers’ decisions on base acreage reallocation or to update yield histories need to be made by Feb. 27. The sign-up [...]