Texas Agriculture Daily - Texas Farm Bureau

TFB awards spring 2025 student teaching scholarships

By Emmy Powell Communications Specialist Four college students majoring in agricultural education were awarded the Spring 2025 Mia Balko Student Teaching Scholarship from Texas Farm Bureau (TFB). The scholarship recipients include: Preston Casey, West [...]

Extra lean ground beef earns AHA Heart-Check certification

The American Heart Association (AHA) added extra lean ground beef—which is at least 96 percent lean, 4 percent fat—to its [...]

NCC survey estimates less planted cotton in 2015

The National Cotton Council’s (NCC) recent planting-intentions survey predicts a 14.6 percent nationwide decrease in planted cotton acreage this spring. [...]

Apply for natural disaster emergency loans

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reminds farmers and ranchers of designated natural disaster areas to apply for emergency loans, [...]

USDA funds REAP, rural energy program

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) funds the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) and invites rural agricultural producers and [...]

USDA funds $30 million for citrus greening solutions

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced $30 million in funding for 22 projects to help citrus producers combat [...]

Farmers may consider option of drought-tolerant sesame and guar

Sesame may offer southern Plains farmers a heat and drought tolerant crop option that works well in rotation with winter [...]

Watch for sugarcane aphid this growing season

Farmers should be mindful of the sugarcane aphid, which infested grain and forage sorghum crops in parts of Texas in [...]

AFPC airs podcast for Farm Bill deadline and considerations

Texas A&M University’s Agricultural and Food Policy Center (AFPC) released a podcast to aid farmers with approaching Farm Bill deadlines [...]

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