Texas Farm Bureau names 2024-25 garden grant recipients
By Shelby Shank Field Editor Texas Farm Bureau (TFB) named the recipients of the Learning From the Ground Up garden grants for 2024-2025. Thirty-nine grants, totaling $19,500, were awarded to schools and educational programs across [...]
Pecans lack visibility in the marketplace
Pecans have an image problem. They have a lack of visibility, unlike the massive marketed almonds, pistachios and walnuts. It’s [...]
AgriLife insect scouting school set for April 23, Amarillo
The Texas Panhandle Scout School is open to anyone interested in learning about scouting and identifying insect pests of corn, [...]
Swisher County farmer uses past-harvest debris as tillage alternative
Swisher County farmer Barry Evans’ crop fields might look a bit messy, but hey, that’s the whole point, reports the [...]
House votes to repeal death tax
By a vote of 240 to 179, the House approved today the full repeal of the death tax, a tax [...]
Multi-County Beef Cattle Symposium set April 22, LaCoste
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service (AgriLife) will host a Multi-County Beef Cattle Symposium for residents of Bexar, Medina and [...]
Summer institute aids teachers to incorporate agriculture in their classrooms
Food, fiber and fuel aren't just topics for agricultural science courses. Math, social studies and language arts teachers can also [...]
First case of H5N2 bird flu in U.S. commercial chicken flock
A flock of 200,000 hens at an egg-laying facility in Wisconsin is the first commercial U.S. chicken operation to become [...]
TWDB funds $602,719 for two urgent-needs water projects
The Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) recently approved financial assistance for two urgent needs projects related to the ongoing drought, [...]