Texas Agriculture Daily - Texas Farm Bureau

USDA makes updates to farm loan programs

By Shelby Shank Field Editor The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced updates to the Farm Service Agency’s (FSA) Farm Loan Programs in a move aimed at improving farm profitability for new and beginning [...]

Final WOTUS rule ‘extreme and unlawful’

The American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) released a detailed analysis of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) final Waters of the [...]

Renewed interest in rainwater harvesting

Recent rains have renewed interest in rainwater harvesting programs in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and elsewhere in the state, according [...]

BQA award applications deadline nears

The deadline for National Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) Award applications is nearing. The award recognizes cattlemen across the country who [...]

Senate Ag panel to look at bird flu impact

The worst avian flu outbreak on record has a Senate Agriculture Committee looking to examine the effects of the disease [...]

SHSU offers all online Master of Agriculture program

Agricultural graduates are in demand, recent studies show. To help meet that demand, Sam Houston State University (SHSU) has added [...]

Wet weather could trigger parasite problems

Recent rains replenished drought-stricken Texas, plus some. And the excessive rainfall could trigger parasite problems for sheep and goat flocks, [...]

Beef 706 quality assurance program set for June 29-30, Alpine

A free beef quality assurance program, Beef 706, is set for June 29-30 in Alpine, according to AgriLife Today. The [...]

Central Texas farmers face crop challenges

Farmers always have to contend with Mother Nature to grow or raise our food. The record rainfall in May has [...]

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