Revised forecast maintains drop in 2024 farm income
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) December 2024 farm income forecast confirms just how tough a year it’s been for American agriculture, with slightly revised projections offering little relief to farmers. The latest numbers indicate [...]
FibreLux: a field-friendly compact wool measurement tool
A team of Texas A&M AgriLife Research (AgriLife) scientists is evaluating the new FibreLux—a field-friendly, reasonably priced fiber measurement tool—and [...]
‘Our Turn to Ranch’ schools for ranchers’ children and grandchildren
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will host two-day schools this spring for adult children and grandchildren of landowners who [...]
AgriLife warns of farm programs sign-up deadlines, offers decision aid help
Farmers’ decisions on base acreage reallocation or to update yield histories need to be made by Feb. 27. The sign-up [...]
Senate votes ‘no’ on removing Lesser Prairie-Chicken from ‘threatened’ list
The U.S. Senate rejected an amendment with a vote of 54 to 44 that would have taken the Lesser Prairie-Chicken [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]