Texas Agriculture Daily - Texas Farm Bureau

USDA finalizes poultry tournament rule

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) this week finalized a new rule restricting how poultry integrators score and penalize contract growers under the poultry tournament system. The rule will require "processors to fairly and transparently [...]

Fencing technology improving

Farmers and ranchers no longer have to replace fencing every few years thanks to improvements in fence technology and fencing [...]

Ice cream is cool again

Just weeks before the sale of Blue Bell is set to resume in the Lone Star State comes news that [...]

Toxic plants could kill cattle

Cattle men and women across the state are urged to check their pastures and grazing areas for toxic plants and [...]

Improving land, helping wildlife

For nearly 30 years, Littlefield rancher James Blackwell has worked to conserve the natural resources on his land and create [...]

More farmers logging on, checking in

More American farmers and ranchers are taking advantage of the opportunities the World Wide Web has to offer. A new [...]

Beef exports down in first half of year

June export data, released by USDA and compiled by the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF), reflected a challenging first half [...]

To wean or not to wean?

Like many decisions on the ranch, the decision to wean a calf early or not depends upon a host of [...]

Video series released on feral hog management

The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service has gone hog wild over wild hogs. To help landowners fight the state’s ever-increasing [...]

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