Texas Agriculture Daily - Texas Farm Bureau

Rolling Plains cotton farmers face another year of drought

By Shelby Shank Field Editor Cotton farmers on the Rolling Plains are facing another year of and challenging weather conditions and low yields. Kevin Corzine, a cotton farmer in Jones and Haskell counties, was [...]

Avian flu outbreak’s impact on consumer markets

The avian influenza outbreak continues to grow and leads to more questions about the impact on livestock and meat markets, [...]

El Niño rains cause concern for farmers

It's not very often that farmers and ranchers complain about the rain. For them, not only is water the essence [...]

WTO rules on COOL

A World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute panel ruled that U.S. Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) regulations for meats are not [...]

One Sample Strategy reduces aflatoxin risk for Texas grain producers

Grain industry representatives are touting the effectiveness of the One Sample Strategy, a standardized testing method for aflatoxin, according to [...]

Texas Plains is frontrunner in state cotton production

Texas cotton farmers produced almost 6.2 million bales last year from 4.6 million harvested acres. Planted acreage was 6.2 million, [...]

Beginning rancher, beef short courses set for summer

Livestock producers have two important Texas A&M AgriLife Extension (AgriLife) conferences available this summer that will offer insights on production, [...]

Spinach protein may help fight citrus greening

In a landmark step in the fight against citrus greening disease, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved Southern [...]

Cover crops can provide nitrogen

Traditionally, cover crops were used for erosion control. But in the past few years, cover crops have been used for [...]

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