Texas Agriculture Daily - Texas Farm Bureau

Rising demand for Texas-grown Christmas trees

By Shelby Shank Field Editor The demand for Texas-grown Christmas trees is on the rise as acreage and entrepreneurial interest in farms expands, despite back-to-back years of drought. Texas Christmas tree growers are experiencing [...]

Florida Department of Ag designs SmartTrap to fight citrus greening

Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services researchers, using 3D printing technology, have designed the “SmartTrap” to trap the Asian [...]

Saving Family Lands seminars set for March

The Texas Agricultural Land Trust (TALT) is hosting two seminars in March featuring the nation’s top tax expert Stephen J. [...]

Study declares megadrought for much of U.S.

A new NASA-Cornell University study on long-range climate asserts a megadrought is possible for a large area of the U.S. [...]

USDA funds more than $160 million for ag research, education and extension projects

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) recently announced the availability of more than [...]

Update base acreage/yield history deadline is Feb. 27

The final day to update yield history or reallocate base acres is Feb. 27, reports Delta Farm Press. If a [...]

Feedyard cattle inventory increases and placements drop

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) February Cattle on Feed report, feedyard inventories as of Feb. 1 totaled 10.7 million [...]

Lone Star Healthy Streams workshop set March 25, Copperas Cove

A Lone Star Healthy Streams workshop is set for March 25 in Copperas Cove. The workshop will focus primarily on [...]

BQA certification free online until April 15

Beef and dairy producers can take advantage of free Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) certification online until April 15, according to [...]

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