Texas Agriculture Daily - Texas Farm Bureau

Texas plant receives USDA grant for meat processing

By Emmy Powell Communications Specialist One Texas business was awarded funds through the latest round of grants from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program and Local Meat Capacity Grant [...]

LRGV cotton and sugarcane crops in serious peril

For the second year in a row, cold wet weather is hampering the Lower Rio Grande Valley’s (LRGV) billion dollar [...]

Texas farmers turn to winemaking

The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) recently questioned if Texas could become a world-class wine region, according to The Houston Chronicle. [...]

TFB requests RMA deadline extension

A deadline for crop insurance eligibility must be extended so farmers can make critical decisions affecting their livelihoods, said the [...]

AFBF speaks out on WOTUS rule

The Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) rule will create enormous uncertainty and vulnerability for farmers and ranchers nationwide, American Farm [...]

House GOP budget protects farm bill programs

A long-term budget plan unveiled by House Republicans would leave farm bill programs virtually untouched, according to AgriPulse. A budget [...]

AgriLife studies Texas corn for increased yields, drought-tolerance and aflatoxin resistance

A groundbreaking Texas A&M AgriLife Research-led study on corn has identified useful gene variations for yield increases, drought tolerance and [...]

97 percent of U.S. farms are family-owned

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) reports that family-owned farms remain the backbone of the [...]

Wet weather stalls corn planting

The recent ice and snow storms and rains—not the drought—have kept farmer John Paul Dineen from planting his corn crop, [...]

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