Texas Agriculture Daily - Texas Farm Bureau

Referendum passes in all 11 FMMOs

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently announced that a final Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO) decision was approved by dairy farmers and cooperatives across all 11 orders through separate referenda conducted within each order. [...]

EPA’s latest WOTUS rendering claims to simplify regulations

Business owners around the country have joined farmers and ranchers in speaking out on the Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) [...]

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 [...]

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