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Partisan farm bill jabs in Ag Committee hearing

By Jessica Domel Multimedia Reporter A hearing on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) impact on American agriculture turned briefly into partisan commentary on lack of movement in the farm bill. During the U.S. House Agriculture Committee hearing [...]

Texas dairies reuse water as conservation tactic

Texas dairymen know it takes water to make milk and dairies are searching for ways to use less water, similar [...]

More than $18 million in grants for next generation farmers, ranchers

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has set aside more than $18 million in grants to educate, mentor and enhance [...]

EPA grants 2015 exemption of Topguard for Texas cotton

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has granted a Section 18 emergency use exemption to Texas for the use of [...]

Tarp may have smothered zebra mussels at Lake Waco

City of Waco and Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) officials trying to safeguard Lake Waco against the zebra mussel [...]

TPWD proposes regulations change: turkey, bass, gar and commercial crab and finfish

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) is considering changes to regulations for 2015 and seeking public comments. The first [...]

Could farm program payments surpass farm bill’s projections?

Falling crop prices are going against Congress’ assumptions of the 2014 Farm Bill’s programs, even before farmers and ranchers have [...]

FibreLux: a field-friendly compact wool measurement tool

A team of Texas A&M AgriLife Research (AgriLife) scientists is evaluating the new FibreLux—a field-friendly, reasonably priced fiber measurement tool—and [...]

AgriLife warns of farm programs sign-up deadlines, offers decision aid help

Farmers’ decisions on base acreage reallocation or to update yield histories need to be made by Feb. 27. The sign-up [...]

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