Hunters critical to fever tick prevention
By Emmy Powell Communications Specialist The Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) reminds hunters in the Rio Grande Valley to have any deer or exotics they harvest in a cattle fever tick quarantine area tested before [...]
CRP encourages more bird habitats on irrigated farmland
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced new policy for the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) to encourage the creation of [...]
Study reveals COOL not the cause cattle imports falloff
Morning Ag Clips reports the decline in cattle imports into the U.S. is not due to Country of Origin Labeling [...]
TWDB updates interactive water plan website
The Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) released an updated and final version of the Interactive 2012 State Water Plan website, [...]
Weed control is focus of AgriLife’s Texas Range webinar, Feb. 5
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service (AgriLife) hosts Texas Range webinar series scheduled the first Thursday of each month from [...]
Drought takes toll on Texas groundwater
Most of Texas has emerged from multi-years of drought, but scientists at the University of Texas Austin's Center for Space [...]
Boost in feedlot cattle numbers, but with fewer heifers
While the latest U.S. Cattle on Feed report shows total inventory in U.S. feedlots with capacity for 1,000 or more [...]
New leadership of House and Senate Ag Committees
New faces show up on the two agriculture committees of the 114th Congress and new leadership takes over in both [...]
Sign-up for SCO and STAX before sales closing date
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reminds farmers to sign up before the sales closing dates for Supplemental Coverage Option [...]