Texas Agriculture Daily - Texas Farm Bureau

Texas ranchers win national Achievement Award contest

By Julie Tomascik Editor Texas ranchers Kade and Morgan Hodges of Coke-Sterling County Farm Bureau took home the top honor at the American Farm Bureau Federation’s 106th convention. They received the Achievement Award in the [...]

Ag and Agri-Food producers call for TPP agreement

As Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) nations meet this week in Guam to continue negotiations, food producer and processor organizations from Canada, [...]

Working landscapes reinforce conservation efforts

Landowners. Government. Working hand-in-hand to achieve common goals. Better habitat means greater wildlife resources. That means more income for the [...]

NRCS to aid farmers, ranchers in 34 Texas counties in drought status

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) will invest about $21 million in additional farm bill [...]

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, [...]

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