Sports Nutrition Game plan fuels high school athletes
By Emmy Powell Communications Specialist High school athletes can fuel their bodies to achieve peak performance with the help of the Sports Nutrition Game Plan from the Texas Beef Council (TBC). The program was released [...]
USDA seeks public comments on EQIP rule
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is offering a 60-day comment period for a rule for the improvement of the [...]
NASA and USDA: Connecting space exploration with agriculture
NASA recently launched the Orion spacecraft, a major step in testing the possibility of sending human missions to Mars. Along [...]
AgriLife concerned about new ag pest: the tawny crazy ant
The invasive tawny crazy ant, first found in the Houston area a little over 10 years ago, is expanding its [...]
Award-winning video helps lower wildlife-vehicle collisions
On average each year, there are 1-2 million vehicle collisions on U.S. roads with large animals, especially mule deer and [...]
Canadian poultry trade ban due to avian flu
Seven countries have imposed trade restrictions on Canadian poultry as a fifth farm in British Columbia (B.C.) was put under [...]
USDA initiates efficient rural America loan program
Addressing the need to improve resource management on the farm and across rural America, USDA has launched a loan program [...]
It’s time to sort off thin cows for extra feed
Now is the time to body condition score your spring-calving herd and sort off the thin cows so you can [...]
‘Watch Out for That Puddle’ warns WSJ op-ed
“Watch Out for That Puddle, Soon It Could Be Federally Regulated,” a strongly worded op-ed in Sunday’s Wall Street Journal [...]