NRCS announces 2025 EQIP signup date
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Texas announced fiscal year (FY) 2025 financial assistance opportunities for famers and agricultural landowners through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP). NRCS will accept [...]
Drop in crude oil prices concern ethanol makers
Ethanol makers are bracing for a drop in earnings as cheap crude pushes down the prices they fetch from refiners [...]
Beef imports outlook up for 2014
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Livestock, Dairy and Poultry Outlook report for December raises U.S. beef imports to 2.848 [...]
Grain elevator workshop set for Jan. 29, Amarillo
The Texas High Plains Grain Elevator Workshop will be held Jan. 29 in Amarillo, according to AgriLife Today. Program topics [...]
Meat safety labeling rule delayed to 2018
Special safety labels won't be required until at least 2018 for mechanically tenderized meat because the rule was not finalized [...]
Sugarcane aphid webinar set for Jan. 12
In an effort to share the latest research-based information gathered on sugarcane aphids, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service encourages Coastal [...]
Two agriculture credit companies announce merger
Amarillo and Lubbock agriculture credit companies recently announced they will merge to allow them to better serve agriculture operations large [...]
Vesicular Stomatitis outbreak officially over
The outbreak of Vesicular Stomatitis that affected horses and cattle across Texas, Nebraska and Colorado is considered over, according to [...]
Texas Panhandle dairies continue to grow
Texas is responsible for nearly 5 percent of U.S. milk production, an increase of 1.5 percent from 1999. That increase [...]